- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Serial:
- Georgia crop reporting service.
- Title:
- Georgia crop reporting service [1957]
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Agriculture. Crop Reporting Service
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Department of Agriculture. Crop Reporting Service
- Publisher:
- Athens, GA : Georgia. Department of Agriculture. Crop Reporting Service
- Date of Original:
- 1957-12-26
- Subject:
- Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- publications (documents)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- 1940/1941-1974.
Issued in various sections.
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service, University of Georgia College of Agriculture, Georgia Agricultural Extension Service, cooperating.
Split into: Weekly hatchery; Georgia farm report; Farm labor; Monthly poultry summary; and: Livestock report, weekly hatchery. - External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA A400.C7 P1 C7 1957
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-ba400-pc7-bp1-bc7-b1957-bfolio
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-ba400-pc7-bp1-bc7-b1957-bfolio
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
I UN!TEO STAH?.S DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICUL. TUI~E
AGRICUL TURAI,.. MARKETING SERVICE
Jnn".larj" 3, 1951
~ROILER CHICK ~EPORT
the week ending December 29 commercial hatcheries placed 3,532,000 chicks
broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the
,000 placed the previous week and is ,_6.._perc ent less than the 3, 765,000 placed
same week last year.
-
set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,081,000 compared with 6,106,000 for the Fenous veek and is 21 percent greater t han the 5,o46,ooo for the corresponding
week last year.
,,...
B~cherie s reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of ~ cents per doz en. Average price char ged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported
u $11,00 per hundred. These pric es are identical with the previous week and co~
pares with 87 cents and $16.00 one year ago. Egg 'prices shown relate to Georgia
FOduced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise.
average prices from the Federal~State Market News Service for broilers
wee~ ending December 29 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2t--3~ pounds; at farms 16.24; FOB plants 17.09.
(See reverse side for other states)
Eggs
Set
1955 .: 1956
WEEKS - PERIOD OCTOBER 2 THROUGH DECEMBER
Chicks Hatche d'
Inshipments Total Placed
Placed in Geor
of Chicks
on Farms
1955 : 19.56
1955 : 1956 1955 : 1956
~t. 27 ov. 3
lov. 10 lpv, 17
lov, 24
Dec. 1
Dec. 8 Dec. 15
Dec. 22 Dec. 29
Thousands
4:,707 5;?35
4,664 5,583 4,821 5,663 4,733 5,758 4,759 5,769 4, 722 5, 734 4,797 4,923
4,901 5,909
4:,916 6,106 5,046 6,081
Thousands
3,109 3,852 2,962 3,777 3,119 3,761 2,997 3,872 3,085 . 3,839 3,132 3,831 3,145 3,857 I 3J 010 3) 812 3,123 3;846 3,127 3,219
Thousands
344 546 263 469 361 374 306 404 390 447 408 432 437 438 600 455 701 470 638 313
-or a,
Thousands
3,453 3,225 3,480 3,303 3,475 3,540 3,582 3,610 3,824 3,765
4,398 4,246
4,135 4,276 4,286 4,263 4,295 4,267 4,316 3,532
CARL o. DOESCHER
Agricultural Statistician
S@t ian ARCHIE LANGLEJ
Agricultural
In; arge
e 1\.
f!".t.SO? 104
STATE
Maine
Connecticut Pennsylvania
Indiana Illinois l1issouri Delaware Ma...7lcnd -Virginia West Virg:Llia North Carolina :south Carolina GEORGIA F-1Qrida A} abaina- ~.. ,. - . Csl.as.ippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas 1 Washington Oregon California
TGTAL 1956
TC'l'AL 1955
.
.. ....;.2..._ -
;:. 1 : '
.. <,
I
I o Dac; -- ~ Deq_. : Dec.
I :.. 15 . ! 22 :. 29
-. -...--....;
~' ::: EGGS
SET
. .
- 'IHO:USANDS
...:: Oct_. . 27
.. .. .
. -- -
Weak Ending
.- : : Nev. ..
.. . 3
Nov. 10
._:.; . _.
. Nov. 17 :,_
:.. Nov:. : : . 24~
__.__"':''""'"'"!~ "
....
Dec. 1
Dec. 8
----- Dec. : 1 Dec. : Dec.
15 --- -22- - -29-
',I .
- - - - - - - - CHICKS PI;ACED ~ . THOUSANDS
- - - ----- - -
i
I
1,245
II . . )J I
898 1,022
I j
1,341 285
II 1,349 I 1,805 '
. I I
!I I
I
1,7J8
1 ,._'f<SQ..
'25S
2,305'
415
52909
45j
1_;136 ' 863 1,060 1,456
308 1,326 2,022
.1;909 J.,8.6o
339
2~'394
51.3 6 106
7
.1,157
i i
I
!
862
871 jl 1,148 j
532 626
1,233
638
344 . 96
1,345 . 363
I 1,962
1,929 1,968
279
.II
l
1:,547 1,092
843 386
. 2.,432 1,219
456 J . 258
6 081
I
I
4.398
90
203
924
534 634 676
-93 426 1, 601 .1'. 0997)-8J..
. B8i
1, 271 305
41246 196
893 . 87'9_: :::..: . 971
476
479
465
732 752.
. 775526 .
627 7?0
156
146
14:7
465
1,.611 1,05&
536
l ,
1,
658
0~~- 1 .
..
497
. 1,6?2
11, &. 5
.' 1,089' . . 1,0.73 ' 971
345
411 . 495
1,336 296
1,278 329
"1'276
3l4'
4:,13~ 4,276 .4!286
230
214 2(',).1
._ 961
452 618 810
171 491 1,522 1,14l 1,131 398 1,315
364 42 26]
229
976
891
440
568
546
636
761
715
185
197
467
484
1,830 1,647
1,253 1,117
1,168 1,164
360
493
1,399 1,208
302
302
4!295 4.267 i[1- 248
949
478 701 756 129
415 1,626
1,?17 1,p1
512
1,303 285
4-.1. 1]76
867
448 472 582 130
344 1,317
969 842 288
964 192
3,532
'1t~7
2,040 2,117 2,108 1,645 1, 715 l, T~9 1,6.51 1,687 1,726 1,709 IL,688 1,)23 1,271
1;367 1,487 1,510
985 1,036
976: 1;015 . 925 1,044 1,149 1, 142 1, u53
833
2, 750 2,803 2,732 1,575 1,672 1,760 1,557 1';-717 1,713 1,803 1,826 1, ?82 1,449
271
292
283
232
230
231
292
258
293
293
268
264
198
2,427 2,658 2,660 1,756 1,686
249
254
202
155
L55
1,749 188
1 .
'
'
742 21' 2
. -1;648 . 17.6
1,638 230
1,829 233
1,844 201
1, &.86
~99
1,385 215
240
181
232
87
1.27
137
107
125.
170
151
174
:62
90
1,223 31,361
,I 1,182 1,247
673
32,741
-32; 666
1 r
1120,171
675 20,655
944 21,286 .
863" '" 889
856
789
800
-.. .
,_
------ . -- :-.-~~--":"--. ----- R~
- ..
~
,. 21 2.83. .: il~132 21,536 22,149 21,880
113
706
----
21, 687 17,261
I 29,037 28,759 28,912 f1s, 180 18,982 19,023 19,59.5 . 19,534 20,276 20,447 20,505 20, ~37 20,584
1956 .as% o:f 1955
io8
114 . 113 I : 107
109
112
109 . 108
106
108
107
J06
84
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/
JAN 9 'S1
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
~
.
.. .
GIE.JO~Gn Aa.~ . ,
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE .
A.tb:ens, Georgia
January 7, .19~ 7
FARM PRICE REPORT AS OF DECEMBER 15 .r. 19,56
4
J
GEORGiA: During the month ended December 15, the All Commodity Index of Prices
.
Received by Georgia farmers remained at the same level reported in
November. The Index is now 243 percent of its January 1910 ~ December 1914
average, the same level reported for December 1955.
The All Crops component of the Index adv~ced 3 points during the month to 265 per- :
cent :of its 1910 ~ 1914 average. Principal contributors to the increase were
ijigh~r prices received at the farm level for corn, sweetpotatoes, cotton lint _and
QOttonseed.
the All Livestock and Livestock Products component of the Index at 201 perc~nt of
its 1910 ~ .1914 average reflected no change from the level reported in November~
aigher prices received for hogs and eggs were offset by lower prices receiveq for
)Qeef :cattle and chiCkens. Wholesale milk prices averaged $6~20 per cwt. during the
( ~n~h 1 the same level reported in November,
.
.:
UNITED STATES: The Index of Prices Received by Farmers increased 3 points (one percent) during the month ended December 15. Higher prices r~
qeived for hogs, commercial vegetables, and tobacco more than offset lower prices
for cattle, cotton, and dairy products. The December index, at 237 percent of its 1910 ... 14 average, compared with 222 a year earlier. The annual average of the
~ices Received Index for 1956 was 236, the same as for 1955.
'ID-le Index gf I:ric_es Pgi.d by_ E_arme_rs ;for Commoditie.s and Services, including Interest Taxes, and Wage Rates (The Parity Index), at 289 in mid-December, was unchanged '
from a month earlier, but 4 percent higher than a year earlier. An increase in food prices pushed the family living index up one point to the alltime high of 282 first recorded last July. This advance was offset by a decline in the per Unit cost Qf farm production goods. The annual average of the Parity Index, at
.286, was 2 percent higher than the average of 281 for 1955
With the Parity Index unchanged, the December rise in farm product prices raised
the Parity Ratio 1 point te 82. This was 2 points above December 1955.
Indexes
-. 1910 .. 14 ... 100
(~ices Received
~~arity Index }j
P' arity Ratio
Summary Table for ~qe Vni:=-t;...;;e_,d.._S-..t-.a.t;...;;e;.;s,___ _,___..._______
.. - ... . :
Dec.l5,
1955
Nov.l5,
1956
Dec.l5, :_ !!ec_2!'~ hi.&h__
1956 . Index : Date
222
234
278 . .
289
237
3l~Feb. 19,51
289
29 May 1952
80
81
82
123 Oct. 1946
11 Prices Paid, Interest, T-;xes, and W~e Rates. ~'A!eo February and April 1952: .
ARCHIE LANGLEY "'Agriei.J.lt:uraJ.. Statistician In Charge
:BURTON J. HARRINGTON . . Agricultural Statist~cian
...
r
_ .:.,~,~--- --~~-~-R~C::_~r~~~:nz~:_===-~~:' ,115~ WITH COMP~~~:N~ATES ,::~~~---
._>, -"iC>ONiDvllv-UDN.D. II'T.l.?. Y
'
.. -.
...vern.ge J rn.19l0-
4
Whe at~ \ Bu. .: ' $
1.23 .
.I:-:1-C9"c5.51. ,51 .
N1C9)5v.6l-5,
Dec~.15i
19SS .
. f.bo
... ' 2~03, .2-~:oo .
Averngo J'W:ns_a.~. nC.-11991140_
88
Dec.1 5 1 1955
N ov
1.5,
1_9.5_6_ ; ..
:..;~..;;..J:_.-,_9cs_.1s_{5u.~1;
1 95 2~C>s' ,_. 2 ,b,.
~orn~ - ~u. , .
._ $
.sl' 1~oa lot!; 1.20 ,
,.65
1.15 , .1.21 . 1.22
o .'l.ts,. Bu. ::. ' -:$
. 67
') -~ ~ r : ,
: ,
0
.as . .87 .as 1
.4o
.s3
~ -7~ r . . .!74
: .. .: :_ ' : i
~
2~~5
1.37 1 . 53 -:;.: ,' ) ;._52
-4~iiQ ' a.1~ 4.75 1
3~70 ' : ' ~, 7~:' .:..~':.t:~~
Cotton, Lb. Cottonsee d, Ton Hay (bf1.ledL:Ton
Hogs, per c~A'
$
.,.co 32 l
lU 32.1
11. g
'12~8o./ ... :
48.00 . ' ~n .BZ
.$
~0 .oa 26
. ,.
~4.2o
24 ..
11 "
'$ . 7.~36 . U~ :~R i, . .l-\~ 60 .15.So .. r' . 7~29
Beef Cntt1e, cwt. $
3.96
''
11.00. ' !1;60- . ll.40
'5.52
Mil~ , F?ttvs ~:. ;Head
.oo. ..$ 33.. 85 . 96
11,0.00 ' 110.00
49.18
Chickens, Ill ;
Doz. . ' ~ .'
Eggs,
., t .
13:3
21.4
18;6 1 ...
56.5
17.0 1s:.o , . n.5
48.4 49.0
21.6
Butterf, .t, Lb.
Milk ( ,Wb' ol.e~~1-e)
per JO?If J)
25.8
l . 2~43
51.0
.t
51.0
. :.
s.~.5 ... . 6.2o
s1.o I
6.20
26.3
So;y-beM s ;< B'u; : ...$- . -o:--.-
I . 2; 13 . .. : .?.20 : 2.20
PieL~-=u.tis,;iLi;b~. ~-o-;-Dccem~;5-.,-2:_1956
11.2
10.4
- - - - :-. ----------- --
. --
i.o. :....3:.=~--l11L--...4::...::8_::__
31.2 31.9
31.0
45.00 59.20 59.00
21.30. . n:9o _: :<22??'9':
' .
10.60 l4.20 ,..' 1,.9..;-..2.0..:
r 13-~5Ci' ' 14.E8 . ' :r4AO '
142 .oo ;I54.og:. il.pp.oq
1
I118.8 47.1
. '
37.~ :~: 3.'7 e1
57...7
4.35
60.4 ''
4.91
. fi9.6
; ..
' ,:-;t.pS ' .. . -
11.9 11.0
__ ___ _ __ ___
.J . '
n.o ' ''- .
,. ;
. ', ' I
'. , , .
,,
.. '
INDEX NUMBERS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY Fl.RMERS IN OEORGIA
(Jenuary. l910 - Decenber 1914 100)
... .. : . . ,
:
~
, ~
'
' ., I
,_
Dec, 151 Nov. 15' Dec. : 15, ,
1955
1956 1-956
All CoMModities'
243*
243
243
A],1 Crops
.
. : Gr A.in :'>.nd 'Hny
..
. ~ .: Cotton ''Lint:-
t. ...
'. ,..,
Pe :muts
. ' : . ; ...
,
Tob ::\CCo - .
.' ~ .- l
Cottonseed and 'Soyb~e.fis .
. Irish F~ t at.be s, sweet Fo'batoe s '& CiTilpeas
268 137 270
. 216
i~~
213
262
265
144
144
259 .. ' . 255 .
2.00
198 " '
. ...:' i~~ ~6~
'
'
I'
'2H)
260 :_ .. i: :
.. . , Fruits .and Nuts .. , ::. : ,,.-
All Live stock 'lnd Live s tock Frodu:ots .
Me[c'.t Animals '
233
1i 9g5g* ..
251
. 251 :
- 201 '. 201
233 . . . 240
. .. ;: .~. ~
.
Poultry nnd Eggs
,._ :.. - Dai r y Products
t' I
-- - -- - ----~-
167
148
144
..' . 235* .
244
. 244
. '
. .' .' ''' ;,. :J: ;;: . . ' ' . ,; '! . ' ' ' '
. ..- r~IC:ES rAtri BY FABMERS FC:n(:5Euc'TED 'F'UJ)s DF',Cn.m'Ef i5. i'956 WITH coiif;kStso~i~f "J.[ " ~
.. . } ..:
.
. '.' ~
'K!N!YOF FEED
J \ ..
: ~ GEORGIA
uNITED S~M~$S . . : _,;
Dlgs;.?' s, Nl~~615; nt~s~l-5-,:. " C.l2s~15;
N~~~~1s, Df~~'l51
. ;.,. :\
- .. . ~---~~.,----~~~~
'Mixed Da4;ry F~ed~ .
:; :.Doll r> rs Fer 100Iounds
Au Und~.r. 29'jo Prote in
16 %T rotein
18 %. Prot ein
2o %P.roteia
24 %Protein
High Protein Feeds Cot tons~eai Me ~!' ~ Soybe an Me al Meat Scrap
,. :,
. ' 3~20 4.2'0 4.70
3.40 3.90 4.75
3.45 3.90 4.70
3.69 3 . 95 4.65
3.76 3.70 . 3.7Q. ,3.93 4.03
3.82 3.86 4.80
. 3.82. .. , '3.7? ' .
.... __3_.,7!3... t3~ .
.
3;8:::>' .. , ' , , I . f-' ,_ ,
.
!
3.86 4.68
~By-Products
Bran Middlings Corn Menl
3.30 3 .55
3. 80
3.30
3.60 3.35
3.45 3,65 3.55
2.87 2. 98 3.28
2.93
3.06 3.50
3.04 3.12 3.50
? oultry Feed
Broile r Growing MGsh Laying Ma sh Scr2.tch Gr <'tins
4.95 4.75 4 .20
5.10 4.80 4.20
5.20
-~.80
4 .30
4 . 78 4.36 . 3.93
4.91 4.47 4.11
1. 94 4.48
4.11
Hay (Baled)
Alf alfa All Dther
53.00 39,00
55.00 40.00
51.00 41.00
33 .10 29.10
34.30 31.40
34.80 31.90
=:....~- ---==-===--========::=====================:;==:::::=
1} As report ed by Feed Dealers - ---------~-------- -----~~-- --~--- - ----- - --------
-, :_:
Jll N11 '"J 1
UNITED STATES DEP ARTMENT OF
AGP.ICUL TURE
'GIT .
(.,"~ f"" 1lI.rDHL_c?a. '
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.
l-IBR ARiEs.
GRICUI- TIJRAL MARKETING
SERVICE
~OR"~~c)f.:.~L
COLLEGE Ot=' AGRICUL1'URE
Athens, Georgia
EXTENSI ON SERVICE
January 9, 195 7
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS
~ng the week -ending January 5 commercial hatcheries placed 4,415,000 chicks
vith broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the
3,532,000 placed the previous week and is 10 percent more than the 3,997,000
placed the same week last year.
Eggs set by local ~atcheries amounted to 9,.162,000 compared with 6,081,000 fo:: the Fevious week and lS 21 percent greater' than the 5,085,000 for the correspondlng
week last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of
64 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported u $11,25 per hundred, These prices compare with 64 cents and $11.00 for the
Fevious week and with 87 cents and $16.00 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise.
Weighted average pric e s from the Fe deral-State JVIarket News Service for broilers
during week ending January 5 are as follows: North Ge orgia broilers 2 1/2 .. 3 3/4
unds; at farms 17.00; FOB plants 18.00.
(See reverse side for other states)
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEl"1ENT BY WEEKS .. PERJ:g_D NOVE1BER .J...J..J2._1HROUGH.. JANU.A:RU..J-.25_7_
I J/ I Date
Eggs
Chicks Hatched
Inshipment.s I Total Placed
I j l Week
Set
Placed in Georgia
of Chicks
on Farms
,
Ending 1955--56: 1956-57_~955-.56: 1956: ?7 : 1955..-5?: 1956-.57 . .. 195~_?.6 :1956--57
j
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands ' Thousands
lw, 3 14,664 5,583 lw, 10 ! L~,821 5,663
2,962 3,777 3,119 3, 761
263 469 361 374
lw, 17 I 4,733 5,758
2,997 3,872
306 404
lw, 24 4,759 5,769
3,085 3,839
390 447
Lee, 1 4, 722 5, 734
3,132 3,831
408 432
Lee. 8 l.J., 797 4,923 ~c. 15 4,901 5,909
3,145 3,857 3,010 3,812
437 438 600 455
Dec, 22 4, 916 6,106
3:,123 3, 846
701 470
Dec. 29 5,046 6,081
3,127 3,219
638 313
Jan, 5 ?,085 --~?.~62_____3?.1.~.~---l8~--- 617 . 429
YExclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.
3,225 3,480 3,303 3,475 3,540 3,582 3,610, 3, 824 3, 765
3,997
4,246 4:;135 4,276 4,286 4,263 4,295 4,267 4, 316 3,532
4,415
CARL 0. DOESCHE..'t
Agricultural Statistician
.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
(
~
STATE
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana
Illinois Missouri Delaw-are IVlaryland Virginia ~vest Virginia
North Carolina 8outh Carolina GEOrtGIA
F2..o:::-i da Alabama l\fississippi
Arkansas Louisiana Texas
1-Jashingt on Oregon
California
-~~
TOTAL 1956-57 TOTAL 1955...56
1956-57
as
qt / ::;
- - - . of ---------~ -
195~::- .56 .
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED n; CQ1_:11:ERC~I~_AitEAS-LBY !rJEE~~2~6-57
Paae 2.
r
I
::
Dec .
:
Dec .
Jan.
:;
:--
:I
22 EGGS
SET
29
5
- THOUSA\iiDS
.. ......
Nov . 3
I' "
I; 1;136 . 863
J
I
i;
1,060
I I I
1,456
I! t
308
II 1,326
i I 2_.022
1,157 871
1; 148
1 _.233:
' 3h4 1 , 5"'45 1, 962
1,237
:
!
J
l
924
858
: I
I 1
534
1;236
I ! ; ;
634
l,l.!-74
31~.8
I
'
676 93
1,515
426
2; :ni1- 1;601
vJee~ Ending
: Nov . Nov.
10
17
893 476 732 752 156
465 1 ,611
879
479 756 752
147 536 1;658
- - - - - - - Nov.
. Dec . : Dec.
Dec.
24 -CHICKS
~---
1-PLA-CE-:D--------T8--H-O-USAi\iD1S5
971
465 627
720
145 467
~ . 1,622
961
484 643 810
171 491 1,522
976
472 546 761
185
467 1,830
891
546 636 715 197 . 484
1, 647
Dec . 22
949 47 8 701 756 129 415 1, 626
Dec. 29
.
,:. 867 I
448 472 582 130 "344 1,317
Jan.
5
980 544 653 626 136 510 1:, 868
1, ?09 1,926 23195 1,094 1,056 1,057 1,165 1,141 1, 253 1,117 1;317
969 1~496
1,860 l,S'68 2,111 ; i 978 1,089 1,073
971 1,131 1,168 1,164 1,131
842 1,165
.3.19
2,394
l '
464 6,106
475
! ; 2,ll7
j
I
I ,
1,487
i ~ 2, 503
I I 292
j : 2, 658
II '' 254
181
; 1_,163
279 2,432
456 6Jo81
490 2,108 1,510 2, 732
283 2,660
202 232 1,247
"336
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381
345
2,473 422
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1,297
; ! 305
1 , 3 74 285
6,162 'j !I L,, 246 4,135
L~- !.b l ~~.
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l9b-- 230
2,239
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1,509 3,098
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1, 036 1, 672
1, 729
976 1,760
344
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231
2,636 !' !' 1, 686 1, 749
264 i I 155
188
207 1,278
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148 . 944
411 1_,312
329 4,276
21L!. 1,651 1,015 1,557
/}92 1, 742 .
212 107 863
495
398
360
493
1,276 1,315 1,399 1,208
314
364
302
302
4,228661___4_,_226239____24,21915 --
4,2 67 248
1,687 1,726 1,709 1,688
925 1,044 1,149 1, 142
1, 717 1,713 1, 803 1,826
258 - 293
.293
268
1, 628 1,638 1,829 1, 8'4.J+
176
230
233
201
125
170
151
169
889
856
789
800
512 1, 303
285 4,316
187 1:,523 1, 053 1, 982
264 1,886
199 162
71~
288 964 192 3,532
167 1,271
833 1, l!.49 . I
. 196 .
1, 385 215 90 706
350 1,296
298
L,415 222
1:,791 1;116 1, 973
. 299
1,998 178 115 840
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32,693 28,759
32,666 28,912
71 ~~4 '
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30,669 ;l .'18'/8?-
21,324 21,318 19,023 . 195595
21,130 19,534
21,593 20,2 76
22,181 20,447
21, 853 20,505
21,88 7 20,737
17, 261 20,584
22, 872 21,135
114
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113
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L/A3 ;t.f-57
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
JAN 1 b '57
LIB RARIES
' CGJE(())~CGllA CJRi(Q)lt ~IE:JP(Q)Iffi1rllNCG ~JE~VllCJE
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Athens, Ge orgia ' .
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTU.RE AGRICUl.TURAL MARKETING SERVIC~ 319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, G~ .
January 14, 1957
- - - -- - - ACREAGE AND INDICATED PRODUCTION OF PRINCIPAL COMNERCIAL CROPS ~~~_1. ~927
!friiTED STATES: The production or v..rinter vegetables in 1957 is now expecte d to' b e about 7 percent less than in 1956, but about 3 percent above aver-
age, the Crop Reporting Board announc ed today. Drought and a shortage of water for irrigation in Texas are the primary causes of tho decline in production of winter :. vegetable s from last year's level. The sharpest reductions il'). production from 1956 . are for beets, cabbage , carrots, and l ettuce. Smaller crops. of lima beans, broccoli, cel ery, shallots, and spinach are also indicat ed. Increas es in production over :la:!lt year are expected for artichokes, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, sweet corn, : ,_ '
cucumbers, escarole, green peppers, and tomatoes. The latt.er five crops are gr()wn, . ip Florida where crop prospects are excellent at .this time. In January 1956, low. t emperature s damaged winter vegetables in Florida r e ducing production that s e ason . .
~~ illdl.~ cabbage production is for ecast at 5,351,000 hundredweight,. 23 p~rcent less than last year 's production and a fifth below average. In-
dicated production in Texas is l ess than half that harvested in 1956 and lighter c~ops than last year are also expected in Florida and California. Only Arizona is expected to produc e mor e cabbage than last year. In Florida, winter cabbage is ~nsidere d in good condition but b ecaus e of inadequate rainfall, early fields have
~led to dev elop heads of normal siz e and have been slow in maturing. Mov ement to
date has b een quite light but daily shipments are exp8cted to incre as e seasonally in J?.nuary. In Texas, harvest of cabbage was active in all producing ar eas in lat e !..ecomb er but cutting has b een r estricted by market conditions. Movemant c an b 0 in~reased substantially at any time that market demand i mproves. l'1ost of the acreage ~n Lower Valley was planted for early s eason harvest. If all acreage is cut on echedule, there will b e little cabb age to move from the r e late in the winter s eason~
\'lhile oth er are as planted somE:J l at e acreage this ye ar, it is not sufficient to of_fset the r eduction in the Valley. Arizonats cabbage crop is moving much slo~rer tha n
la,st y ear. Low temperature s and market conditions are factors contr-ibuting to the li'ght Ar izona shipments. In California, cabbage is b eginning to move from I mperial
Valley and local markets are well supplied from South Coa stal-Countie s.
uNIONS: South Texas' 6arlr ~ring onion acreage is t entatively estimated at 32,000 .
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acres, down 3 perc ent from last year. While this year'::? acreage is about .. .
~ fHth smaller than normal, it is considerably larger than the 19,51 crop when only
J, 200 acres were harvested. The .acreage finally planted f ell short of grower 1s in-
~entions and was b el0w normal b ecause of drought and a shortage of irrigation water.
~e reduction has occurred largely in dry-land acreage at Raymondville and in the
~oastal Bend. At Ra~nondville the small acreage of dry-farmed onions is in very
'90'Jr condition. A shortage of water at Raymondville has caused a reduction in
~rrigated onions there. The acreage i n Lower Valley is in sections where water from
'i':ltls is available. This acreage was planted at about the usual time and the onions.
have made good progre::;s. However, stands are sparse in many fields and considerable
;,~ : eago is single-row which vTill depress average yields. Earliest fields will
~ .re in February but the bulk of the crop is scheduled for March harvest. Dry- .
land acr eage in .the Coastal Bend was seeded in areas favored by intermittent rains
nnd the fields are wide_ly scattered. Soil moisture is defic.ient and growth of
nlant s has been ::;low but onions are holding up fairly well. c-onsiderable acreage
in the Mathis area is being irrigated from wells this year. These fields are J.arge-
ly wide-row and will be interplanted in the traditional manner. Because plant;i.ng . .
vlc..s d8layeri by drought, the Coastal Bend acreage will be late coming into production
this year. Planting of irrigated onions at Laredo, Eagle Pass, and in the Winter ~~dqn was started on schedule but extended over a longer period than usual. Set-
~ing -vr.i.ll be finished at Lared0 in early January but vdll continue at Eagle Pass and
ln the Wirtt.~-r-Gnxrlrm 11ltt.:i 1 the 8 I 1d <:>f t he mor1th. Wat e r j t'l in ampJ.e supply in thes e
t'hr e'3 areas.
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Grower 1s in the ~ _@I;ing States intend to have a larger acreage of onions for ;:
parvest in the 1957 season than they harvested last year. The 1957 acreage is tenta tively placed at 11,700 acres, which is a fifth above last year but a fourth below average~ In Georgia, all acreage has been set and the crop is off to a good start. Most growers are prepared to irrigate this year in the event that rainfall is short ~gain, In NOrth Texas, soil moisture is adequate and preparation of land for plan~ ing is under way. Setting started in early January but plants are not yet available for heavy planting. The supply of plants from South Texas is expected to be ample, Note: The acreage now reported for late spring onions in Texas is for North Texas ~eas only and the Panhandle crop, previously included in late spring, will be re~orted separately as early summer.
WATEffi1ELONS: If growers follow their intentions, a total of 108,000 acres is in
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prospect in the . ~ SEring States, 8 percent more than was harvest~
~d in 1956. Acreage at this level is a near record...having been exceeded only in
1953 and 1954. Planting in south Florida sections is nearing completion, and a gooq
portion of the acreage is up and growing nicely. At present, planting is active in
~he lower part of the central Florida area and will become active during the coming
month in all of central Florida. In California, where an 8 percent acreage decline
rom 1956 is anticipated, planting is in progress in the Desert Valleys.
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~--A.-cr.e_a....,g..e.._an=d~- ~~.IJ:dicated Production Reported to Date, 1957 with C~mparisons
QROP
ACREAGE
YIELD PER ACRE
PRODUCTION
4 AND
:Average:
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1956 __
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Ind.: Av. : 1 ___.;19;..::.5~7:;.:;:4~9-..::;,.5~5:_
956: Ind. _ :1957
~Average:
:1949-55:
1956:
Ind. 1957 .
CABBAGE 1/
- Acres
~cwt.-
1,000 cwt. ""
\N"inter,Florida 16;900 16,700 l5,5oo 203 200 200 3,432 3,31-+0 3,100
A~e~:i:czaos na
20,710 20,000 1,040 1,100
11,500 109 135 110 1,300 241 200 220
2,268 2, 700 1,265 253 220 286
-G~a~li~foPrntioa tal E.arly Gring 2Z
-3~ - '529400
:_~Iio
_.2 500
-:4~11~3'}<o2:o--
313~580o0o-210576-
15:8QQ:)~
210 169-
:G3
200
168--
6,6794~2 2,468
735 700 -6";995-5:351
2,298 A;pE.!..!r
LETTUCE V.Tinter, Florida Texas
Arizona, Yuma California
Croup total
3,170 4,300
4,200 112 110 110
358 473 462
10,600 20,800 12,000 97 90 100 1,009 1,872 1;200
14,210 13,500 11,000 141 140 140 1,982 1,890 1,54Q
_32,.S3.Q _39,]0.Q __ 4l,.:.O.Q0_1).Q _];5Q _]:4.Q __ 4,272 _5..:.9.~5_5,.:.740_ 61,210. 78,300 6~,200 137 ~ 130 1~1 ~,321 10,19o 8.9~
ONIONS
E!ll'ly Spring
Texas Late Spring
y
35L830 50,000 32,000 61 80
1,957 4,000 Mar.~
Georgia
1,060 700
700 78 100
84 70
Louisiana
240
47
12
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Texas
8,330 5,500
6, 700 34 27
282 148 May lC
Arizona
.1,230 850
1,000 310 375
388 319 :
California
__4 810__2..:.700___ ..2,_.20.Q _2]0__360 _____1,.:.282__ 97_g __ ~
, Group total 1~6"So
];/ Includes processing
9z..7~0
y
_ 11 2 700 132 1~~
1957 acreage ,prospective.
_2:048 1J~09
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ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
L, H. HARRIS, JR. Vegetable Crop Estimator
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TI -GJEE:=~t- - ~o<jTfIJ\)~'G~ ~ M -
AGR!CUL TURAL MARKETING SERVICE
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. UNIVERSITY OF GEORG! A Cp U.EGE OF AGRICULTURE
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JAN18 '57
GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL EX 'rE NSION SERVICE
January 16, 1957
During ;tb,e week ending January 12 connnercia+ hatcheries p1aced 4,763,000 chicks witl}
broile* pr.od.ucers in Georgia conunercia1 areas . This compares with the 4,415,000 i
~laced ; tlie: previous week and is 19 percent .more than the 3,995,000 placed the _same
week last year.
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~evious Meek and ~s 24 percent greater than the 5;149,000 for the corresponding
week last year. '-
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65 cents !p~r qi9zien, Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reporteq.
~t, $1lo:5a per ' hUndJ;'ed~ These prices compare with 64 cents and $11.25 for the
previous week and with 87 cents and $16.00 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate t o
Georgia produ~eq hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise.
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ctuz'in.g !the _week ending January 12 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2~ ~ 4
~ounds;: at farms 16.58; FOB plants 17.57. ,
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GEOR6IA }HICK-PLACEMENT BYWEEI(S~ - .PER~OD NDV~jBE7t -10'l9.5.6~ TH.IiOUOR JANU:ARf-:- 1~~1:95-z.
i i Date
Week
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Eggs Set
: Chicks Hatched 17 i Inshipments : Total Placed '
' Placed in Georgia i of Chicks '
on Farms
!E~I1k ; .~~5,5-56:195&.57
195,~:2~~1956-5.7 1955-_26: 195~57 L ' V52..5.6q95:~7 -r
' ' . Thousands
Thousands i Thousands
Thousands
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Nev. 10. Ii .: ''4"' 8.21
Nov. 17 : . 4, 733
Nov. ~4 i . .4,759
5,663 5,?58
5,769
3,119 3,761 2,997 3,872
3,085 3,839
361 374 306 404
390 447
3,480 4,135
3,303 4,276 3,475 4,286
Dec. ~ '1 : ' 4, 722 5,734
3,132 3,831
408 432
3,540 4,263
Dec. 8 : : -'4, 797' 4,923
Dec. 15; I 4,901: 5,909
3,145 3,857 3,010 3,812
437 438
600 455
3,582 4,295
3,610 h,267
Dec. 22; I 4:,916' .6,106
3,123 3,846
701 470
3,824 4,316
Dee. 29: I 5,046 6,081
3,127 3,219
638 313
3, 765 3,532
Jan. ,~! ; j
5,d85
6,162
3,380 3,986
617 429
3,997 4,415
Jl!ll i~ ; i
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3,322
...,. -~- - ~
4.281
673
482
t
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. 4~76,3_
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ARCHIE LANGLEY
Agricul~ufal Statisticia'l
Agricultural Statistician In Charge
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Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Delaware
I Maryland
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West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina GEORGIA '
Florida
Alaba.'lla
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Washington
Oregon
California
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.EGGS -.SET
AND
ClUCKS' -PLACED
IN
COiii]}:IER''CIAL
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Nov: _.. WeNekqvE n. ~:ngNov.
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12 ::' 10
17
24
.... EGGS SET - THOUSANDS
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22
CHICKS PLAC~ - THOUSANDS
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1,157 871
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1,148
'qi
ij
1,233 344
1,345
1,962
1,926
1,968
1;237 858
1,236
1,474
348 1,515
2;314 2;195 2,111
1,098
I,Ir I !
893
1,042
476
1,156
732
1,696
752
367
156
1,685
465
2,117 1,6il
2,166 ',I . 1,056
2,022 1,089
8?9 479 756 752
147 536 1;6.$~..
l;057
1;073
971 . '961
465 ' 484
627
643
720. 810
145
171
467
491
1,622 . . 1,522
1,165 1,141
971 1,131
976 472 546 761 185
467 1,830 . 1;253 1,168
891 '546
636
715 197 484 1,647 _1,"117 1,164
949 478 701 756 129
415 1,626 1;317 '1,131
! 279 I 2,432
I 456
62081
I,\
4'90 2,108
1;510
2,732
283
2,660
202
i l
232
!: 1,247
336 2,473
422 6:162 . 461
2;239 . 1,509 . 3',098
344 2,636
264 207 1,278
316 2,580
:447
6~386
. 456
2;352 1,512 3,124
341 2;792
297
277 1,337
345
1,374
285 .
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4.2123305
:.
( 1,729
: 976
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1,749 188
148
944
411 1,3,12.
32Sf. 42221746.
1,651 1,0,15 1,557
292 1,742
212 107 863
495t 398
1, 276 . . 1;.33:5 ... 314 ,. 364
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2
286; 201
4:2
263 229
1,687 1,726
925 1,044
1,717 1,713
258
293
1,628 1,638
176
230
125
170
889
856
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360 1,399 ' 302-
. '.4t 2291. 51
1,709 1,149 1,803
293 1,829
233 151 789
493
512
1,208 :1,303
. 302
2:85
: 41224687
.. 4 3;1.6 - -~ 2 187
1,688 :1,523
1,142 11,053
1,826 .~1,98. 2
268
264
1,844 1,886
201
199
169
162
800
713
Dec. 29
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980
448
544
472
653
582
626
130
136
344
516
1,317 11,868'
969 1,496
842 1,165
288
350
964 1,296
192
298
3z532 lb7
--4.:.42.12.52.
'"1, 271 1;791
: 833 1,116
.1,449 1,973
198
299
1,385 1,998
215
178
90
118
706
r-1 ' ,.... (.: '. J.\
925 492 613 790 119
494 2;032 1;444 1,2ll
469 1,361
. 290
4:763 268
1,847 1;202 2,053
335
2,168 190 104 848
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35,566 31,542
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21,324
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19,"023
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21,318 19,595
.109
21,130~
19,534 108'
21,593 20,276
"106
22,181 20,447
108
21,853 20,505
107
21,887
20,737
. 106
17,261 20,584
84
22;872 21,135
108
23,958 21,223
113
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
JAN24 '57
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GEORGIA: 'l'urkey growers in Georgia pl.an to increase their turkey production 18. percent above the 19.56 ct'oj;). The total number expected in 19.57 is
429,000 compared with 363,000 in 19.56. Light Breed growers intend to r aise 6,000 birds in 1957, Trchich is the same as their 1956 crop. Heavy Breed growers plan to
raise 423,000 b:;..rds, an increase of 18 percent over the 1956 crop of 3.57,000 bir.ds.
UNITED STA'l'ES: Turkey growers intend to produce 10 percent more turkeys in 19.57.
than last year. If growers carry out t he ir intentions, the number of turkeys raised will be about 8L~ million, compared with 76 million in 19.56;
Heavy Breed growers intend to r a ise 71,1.57,000 turkey s this year -- 13 percent more than last.year. All parts of t he country plan j_ncre ases in heavy breed birds rangr ing from 1 percent in the North Atlaatic to 19 percent in the West North Central : St9.tes~ -- -orot,ers plah to increase- t1cavjr- whfte -broE:,a s 10- percent above--l a st year and
brorcze and other hE.>avy bre eds 1.5 pe rcent. In 1956 11e avy white bree ds accounted for about a f ourth of all heavies raised.
Light breed growers expect to produce 13,134,000 turkeys in 1957 -- a de creas e of
3 percent. All regions of t lle country plan f owcr light breed turkeys except the
important South Atlantic region 'WLere production is e.A'Pe cte d to b e up 10 percent.
Fryer-ro ::tsters data arc available for the.: first timo from this survey. Growers in...
dfcatod that, during 19.56 they sold 73 porcent of the light bro ods, 33 percent .of t t;
heavy whites and l ess than 2 percent of t he bronze and othe r llcm~y turkeys as fryer
roasters.
Tho numb er of turkeys actually r a:i_sed in 19.57 may vary somewhat from January_1 int entions) t he d~!..ffc ron c c depending on price s for fe ed, supply and prices of hatching eggs and poult s, and. t he snl e of turkeys r emaining in growers' l1ands. In 1956,
grou-;cr s rc>.is cd 16 p erce nt more turkeys than i n 1955, about 10 percent mora than _int ended on J ahu c.:ry 1. During 1956 therE; Ha s an abundanc e of paults throughout a fairly long hatching s e a son.. Feed price s \-rcro stable and credit was not a liiniting f actor. In 195.5, growc:ts r niscd 4 percent fewer turkeys -~ about tho same as intwded on J c:mua ry 1 " 'l'url~c.y prices r Gmained b elow .a year e arli er during the grow ing season and t h e f oodprico r el ationship was i oss favorable., '
ARC HIE LAHGLEY Agric1.:ltural bt Rt i .stician ;. In Cf'v'l:rg u
RAYHOND R. HANCOCK Agri~,l~.lt u:::al Statistician
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Division
f!Ia i rie N.H.
Vt,
Na ss. R.I. Conn.
N.Y.
N.J.
Pa .
a1 1
Hcw vy
breeds
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Total : Heavy- : Ligb t :
breeds
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: br eo ds : broods
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Total
: : Turkoys
: 195 7 A.S
:% -,.,;. of 195(
- - 148:----
- -T h 0 u s
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38
.186
Pe r c o-_nt
G1
118
3
121
96
108
l
109
92
551
20
S71
l o5
43
l.i
47
l 02
268
11
279
l 01
953
ho
993
89
222 1,645
52
27h
422 .2,067
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Ohio
Ind.
Pl.
l>~Ii ch,
Wis.
4,056
2,514 1,519 1. 061
905
2,359
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Ninn.
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N.De.k , . ..
S.Dak.
Neb r .
Kan s .
8, 358
7, 950 5,432 2, 723
515 419 G09 866
W. N.Ccnt . 18,714
Dol.
159 . ~-.--
lvJd ,
247
Va .
2,540
V.T.Vo. ,
?86
N. c.
1, 21~1
s.c.
1,245
J Ga .
, Flo. ,
357 132
S.Atl. j . . 6, 707
591 4,6h7 681 3,195
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10 --~----~-~1
398 1,91?
1 04
T1 1,138 .
1 04
165 1, 070
9$
1,6-36812
2, 720 10,040.
1 17 1 08 ------~~---
1;b:i~o
9,.560
9,-922 .. 1,449 11,371
1 19
312
.378
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43 -51
56
5, 744 6, 547
3j101 . 2, 996
. 558 . . 496
470
454
865
885
3e4
208
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ld
83
70
6, 931
3, 201-t.
539 537 955
l 121
1 OJ
97
1 14 1 10
76 2,526
'797 '
942
21,2~0
95o
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~
71
22,190 . 2, 308
. 121-t.
877
961
1 02 .
214,j4oo9_81_ _
1 15 ~ 0
111
35 8
.f2:f((J
161
431
1 20.
3, '163 6,303 1,0li.1 1, 300
3, 3i4 812
:
l~, 139 1,075
7,453 1, 887
1 18
l 05
54 1, 295
38 1, 283
6
613
363 200
-
5,851 ---l-2-,5-.5,_8.--
1,491
54
1, 545
1 19-
1,151
29
1,180
92
42 3
6
429
118
- 160
100
. 260
l 30
7;745-:o---6.,.4.1~,1...,..1.4-,-1-8-6--,-~---113
Ky .
3.39
2 7
366---. --~us
13
351
96
'J.'e nn ,
189
21
210
166
19
l 8!)
88
A1n,
249
68
317
259
102
361
1 14
lYiiss.
171
5
176
163
5
168
95
Ark,
l, 743
484 ! 2, 227 . 1, 988
l.t.99 ' 2,487
l 12
La. ,
79
3
82 80
5
85
1 oh
Qk1a.
706
224
930
875
llt6
1,021
1 10
Toxos
4,061
396 4,457 4,746
432
59178
1 16
5.Ccnt. ---+---7-,5~3~7-----1-,2~2~8
8, ?65
8,615
1,221
9,836
1 12
Nont,
56
28
Ido.ho
140
23
Wyo.
10
4
Colo,
1,126
44
N. Ht;x ,
54
4
Lriz .
l lL1
2
Utah
2, 322
39 5
Nev.
7.
_ 3
i!ash,
639
' 48
Gr eg ,
1, 233
195
Cal if,
11,685
95 8
':",'-,e::-:s:-rt-.---~r-_,..1c"r':.,.-.,3~B6r----.;1r-,=7o:::-1~!--
84 163 1lt 1,170
58 116
2,717 J.O -687
1,428
12,61~3
19,090
57
132 10 1,319 49 95-' . 2,533 ' 8
675 1, 387 12,734 18,999
J2 19
4 34 4
2
" 1'38
. 2
hO
1h8 814
1,237
89 151 1h 1, 353
53 97 2,671 10
715 1, 535 13, 548.
20,23b___
I 1 06 93 I 1 00 1 16
91 84 98 1 00 1 04 1 0'7
1 0'(
, 100"
62,758 13,582 76,340 71,157 13,134 E54,291
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1-U-Nl-VE-RS-1"-Y OP ~O!Mil' .
JAN? 5 '57
Athens, Georgia
January 23, 1957
-BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA OOMivrERCIAL AREAS
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During .the week ending January 19 commercial hatcheries placed 4,832,000 chicks witi broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the )~, 762,000
placed the previous week and is 18 percent more than the 4,093,000 placed the same week la:st' year. ..,... .~. ''~" ...... .. ~
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,455,000 compared with 6,386,000 for the
previous week and is 21 percent greater th~ the 5,342,000 for the corresponding
w:t:ek last year,
'""'
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of
64 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was repartee
at $11.50 per hundred. These prices compare with 65 cents and $11.50 for the pre~ vious week and with 87 cents and $16.00 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to Georgi~ producea hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise,
Weighted average prices from the Federal~State Market News Service for broilers during the week ending January 19 are as follot-rs: North Georgia broilers 2~-3 3/4 f( pounds; at farms ~6.03; FOB plants 17.00.
-- (See reverse side .for. other..states)
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WE~_: ~~~QJ:2_NOVEMBER 17..:...12z?,_THROUGIJ~NUA_~Ll~2rl95j
L'at e
Eggs
Chicks Hatched 1/ Inshipments
Total Placed
Weok
Set
Placed in Georgia of Chicks
Ending 1955...56: 1956~5?
1955-56:1956...57 1955..56:1956-57
on Farms 1955-56:1956-57
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Nov. 17 4,733 5,758 Nov. 24 4, 759 5,769
2,997 3,872 3,085 3,839
306 404 390 447
3,303 . 4,276 J,h75 4,286
I!".!
IJec. 1 4,722 5, 734
3,132 3,831
408 432
3,5!+0 4,263
~II
Dec. 8 Dec. 15
..'44,~ 970971 -54~~99'2~39--~ ~
3,145 3,857 3,010 3,812
437 438 600 455
3,582 4,295 3,610 4,267
Dec. 22 4,916 6,106
3,123 3,846
701 470
3,824 4,316
Dec. 29 5,046 6,081
3,127 3,219
638 313
3,?65 3,532
Jan. 5 5,085 6,162
3,380 3,986
617 429
3,997 4,415
Jan. 12 5,149 6,386
3,322 4,281
673 482
3,995 4, 763
Jan. 19 5, 342 6,455
3J423 4,348
670 484
4,093 4_,832
J} Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.
11JILLIAJ.'1 E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician
_. J RCHIE ~N~LEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
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EGGS SET - THOUSANDS
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Dec .
De c .
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. CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
5
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Mafp.e Conne ct i c u t Fenns;y1va.'1ia Indiana Illinois iY::iJ s o u r i
Delc..vmr:e
Hary1and Virgj,nia 'VJest Vj_rginia Nur.th Carolina South Carolina GEOi?.GIA.
Florida A1aba"!la Hississippi Ark-ansas L-:-n. ;._i_ s ia.c'1.a
Tc.~~ :as
Hashington Or eg o~ California
I
'!
I 1,237 858
I
I
1,236 1,474
I
1:
' 348 1 , 515
i
2,314 2,195
2,111
336 '
I 2,473 .42'2
i 6:162
461
2:,239 1:,509
3, 098
344 2, 636
264
207 1 , 2 78
1,098
1~042
1,156 1,696
367 l ,6SS 2, 117 2,166
2,022 316
2,580 4h7
- 6,386 456 2,3.5 2 1 ,512
3,124
341 2,792
297 277
1,33 7
II 1,11;1 ! l 879
908
479
1,191
?56
II 1,634
405 1,6_30
I:I!I
752
147 536
III! 2.;110
2, 105
III'
1,658 1,057
1, 762 1, 073
29 8
41l
I! 2,550 II 1,312
413
I -!
i :
329
6,~.55 lI!' 4, 276
SlO I! 214
2,317 l, 770
lII l,I
1,651 l ,Ol5
3,102
,. 375 ,, 2,913
!l!l
I!
1,557 292
1,742
ll 317
270
l. II
1,406
212 107 863
I
971 465 627 720
145 467 1, 622 1,165
971 495 1 , 2 76
314 4,286
20' 1 1,687
925 1,717
258 1, 628
176 125 889
961
976
484
472
643
546
810
761
171
185
491
467
1,522 1,830
1,141 - 1,253
1, 131 1,168
398
360
1>315
36L~
-~
1,399 302
- 4,263 4, 295
229
211
l, 726 1,709
l, 04L~ 1,149
l, 713 1,803
293
293
1,638 1,829
230
233
170
l Sl
8_:r:)'6 ' ; 789
891
949
867
546
478
446
636
701
472
715
?56
582
197
129
130
484
415
344
1,647 1,626 1,317
1,117 1,317
969
1,164 1,131
842
493
512
283
1,208 1,303
964
302
285
192
--- - 4,267 248
4,31'6 3,532 187----1~6-7
1,688 1, 523 1, 271
1, 142 1, 053
833
1,826 1,982 1, 449
268
264-
198
1, 844 201
1,886 199
..
l .
'"23-1355
169
162
90
800
713
706
980
544 653 626 136 SlO 1,868 1,496 1,165 350 1,296 29 8
4,415
222
l, 791 1,116
1, 973 29 9
1,998 . 118 118 840
I 92) 492 , 613
j 790
l,:: 119
.,, j L!-9 4 2 ~ 032 . '
} .1
;;.
24' 1414
469 J.. ,J6l
,290
4, 763
'208
r ; B47 1,202
2,053 1335
2,168
190 104 848 .
946 425 592 712 ll-+0
543 2,040
1 ~557
l,2h2 LS2
1,383 295
4,832
208
1, 783 1:, 322 1,981
290 2,103
146 170 868
TOTAL 1956-57 TO'l'AL 1955-..56
1 34~ 717
35,566
35,5.52
i i
' 1 21,313
21, 130
21,593
22 _,181
21,853
21,887
17, 261
22, 872
23, 958
24~030
;
1 ,30, 669 31, 542 32 , 244 1, 19,595 19,534 20, .27? : 20,447 20,505 20, 737 20, 584 21,135 21,223 20,671
I 1956-57 as %of 1955-56
113
_ __ ___J__
113
II 110
109
108
106
108
107
106
84
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108
113
116
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AGRICUL TUr.AL MARKETING SERVICE
GRA:(N ~.;.T~O~e~~~~=-~~~
GEORGIA: Stocks of corn in all cytorage :positions on January 1 in Georgia totaleci .
.
30,479,000 bushels., This voJ.ume was 12 perce11t below the 34,612,000
qushels stored on January 1, 1956, StQoks of oats in a:.t.l storage positions
totaled 6,610,000 bushels ., 3 percent above the 6,412,000 bushels stored on January
1 last year. Total wheat stocks v~ere 1, 272,000 bushels, an increase of approx-
i!nately 38.5 percent above the 918,000 bus-hels in ~1 storage positions on January
1, 1956.
GEOHGIA GRA~N STOCKS - JANUARY 1~ 1957 WITH 'COMPtiRISONS"- ~ . .. -,.,.. ._
GRAIN
ON FAR.i'1S
OFF FARNS
ALL POSITIONS
Corn, (1, 000 Bu.) O~ts, (1,000 Bu.) Wheat,(l,OOO Bu.)
1956
32,676
3,803
304
1957
28,565 2,8.58
292
1956
ls936 2,609
614
1957
1,914
3, 752
980
1956
34,612 6,412 918
1957
30;479 6,610 1,272
January 1,19.57, stocks are a Fecord for January 1 for corn and soy-
:
beans. Corn stocks of 3.4 billion bushels and so~ean stocks of
530 "miirion bushelS exceed the- prev1oi.!s -record by -11 -and -20 -percent , r espectively.
Stocks of feed grains--corn, oats, barley, and grain sorghurn,~-9-dd to a .total of
121 million tons--the largest in the 12 years for which comparable data are
available .
Stocks of 1,487 million bushels of wheat stored in all positions on January 1 were
~he second largest for the date in the comparable series beginning in 1935. The
~?tal is 5 percent smaller than t!;le record holdings a year earlier but 54 percent
:arger than the 19!~6-55 averago , The atocks total was nearly 50 percent larger
~han the 1956 production, reflecting tbe record large carryover of old wheat on
inJuly 1, a large part of which was Government-owned, but reflects the first decline total stocks from the previous year for cwy qu~rt~r since 1952. Current stocks
u-e less than October 1, 19.56 stocks by 310 milliQ.. bushels or nearly a fifth
amaller and reflect the largest disappearance ~uring the quarter (October-December)
since 1948.
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Jff-farm wheat stocks of 1,195 million bushels are 4 percent less than a year
~arlier, with holdings below the previous year f:r all positions except terminals.
:Brminal stocks are a record for the date with nterchant mill stocks only slightly ~elow the fairly high level of the previous year. Of the off-farm total, nearly
:.wo~thirds was either o-vmed by the Commodity eredit Cotporation or was warehouse-
stored wheat under Government c omrnodity loans.
Stocks of ~ in all storage positions on Januar:r 1 are estimated at 3,416 million ,ushels -- exceeding the previous record a year ago by 11 percent. Of the Gotal stocks, 68 percent were on farms, an increase of 116 million bushels frorr. a year ~o. Quantities in CCC-owned bins at 670 million Dushels were up 87 million bushels. 2~ocks in interior mills, elev~j;.,pr_~, ...,and w2:reoouses at 322 million bushels were 109
mllion above January 1 last year ' arid . terminal etocks, at 94 million bushels, in-
~roased 22 million. Corn under loan to or owned by CCC aq~oun~~d for 36 percent o.f aurrent stock~ compared with 30 percent on January ls 1956.
~ stocks of 786 million bushels were lowest for Jam'ary 1 in 9 years and a fourth .~.'3ss than the near-record stocl,{s of January 1, 1956.. Stocks on farms, at 696
million blJShels, were 245 million lGSS than a year earlier and stocks in off-farm
positions at 8? .million bushels were l?, million le:;;s,
--...---:---,..;;.UN.;.;.:I;;;.;T;;.;;;;E-.D....;S;;.;;.::TATES GHJ\.IN S'rOCKS - JANUARY 1 1957 WITH COHPlLT-tiSONS
1. I I _G_RA_I_N_...,____P_o_s_I_T_~_oN_=~~~ ~~4(:~ ~J~561 0~~561
Jan. 1 1957
------ Thou.s..~ and. Bushels
Wheat
(On Farms 1/
368, 31.6 318,734
(Torminals-2/
20.,332 ___4Q3,_ l ~_l___ _
(Commodity Croa::iX co:rp. -J/ ---~ 2,21i7-- 141,0.56
(Nerchnnt 1'-'Iills 1/h/ (Int. l~i1ls,Elev7&VJhses.l;/~/
114,.46.3 253,744
126,87-8 577' 101
417,276
4.6.7,254 134,362 -142,165 636,280
292,804
410,347 126, 029 126,218 532,081
----------------------- _____ __ TOTAL
____ 967,131 1,566,950. 1,797...,.3._37 .1.-,-4.8_7,479
( On F'arms 1/
2,06h, 10.5 2, 21Lt, 697 300,095 2,330, 920
Corn
( Tur minals--2/ ( Cormnodity Crudit Corp. 3/
Lr3, 092 202,237
71,529 582,790
6h, 134 599,768
93,576 669,785
(Int.JYiills ,Elov .& Whses. l / 5 /
84,910 212,994
201,468
322,010
Oats
TOTAL
2,394,343 3,082,010
(On lt'Drrns 1/
(T e nninals--2/ (Commodity Cr c~ dit Corp. 3/ (Int.Nills ,Elev.&c li>Jhs os. I/~/
831,678 20,837 1,351 41,638
941, 71.~9
26,.575
5, 708
68,836
1,165,465
923, 39Lf 38,424 6,881 82,351
3,1116,291
696,376 20,920 4,686 63,749
Barley
TOTAL
895,505
------~---------------------
(On Farms 1/
125,287
(T c r m i n a l s - 2 /
(Commodity Credit Corp. J/
( Int.Mills ,Elev .& 1rJhs e s."~/2/
2,3,079 1,475 55,440
1,042,868
191,599 26,075 547 88,340
1,051,050
229,774 51,447
1,983 110,446
785,731
159,561 40 , 122 2,034
88,085
TOTAL
205,280 . 306,561
393,650
289,802
1/ Estimate s of tho Crop Reporting Board.
J/2/ Commercial st'ocks r eported by Grain Divisj.on, ANS, at 46 Terminal cities. Ot-med by CCC and stored in bins, or other storages owned or controlled by CCC, also CCC-ownod grain in transit; other CCC-owned grain is included in the estimates by positions. 4/ Nills r eporting to the Bureau of tho Consus, on millings and stocks of flour. ~~ All off-farm storage s not oth erv-rise designated.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician, In Charg e
BURTON J. HARRINGTON
Agricultural Statistician
. '. ~'. f> ~
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
900 7
FEB 1 '57
3
UNITEOSTATES DEPARTMENT OF
GTIA' GJ80D~
LIBRARIES
CULTURAL
MARKETING
AGRICULTURE
- .a..;
SERVICE
~.!?~~, c)~~L
COLL ~ GE OF AGRICULTURE
Athezw, Gec'!'gia.
EXT E NSION SEP.VICE
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA 9.!,1ME.,.._e~R,..C.I;A; ,..L...,.AR.....,E...A...,S
During the week ending January 26 commercial hatcheries placed 5,160,000 chicks witn broiler. producers in Georgia co~Jnercial areas. This compares . w~th the 4,832,000 placed the previous week and is 23 percent more than the 4,201,000 placed the same 1
we& last year.
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,595,000 compared with 6,455,000 for the
previous week and is 23 percent greater than the 5,380, 000 for the corresponding
~eek last year.
,,.;..
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs dpring the week at an average of 60 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reporteq
at $11.00 per hundred. These prices compare with 64 cents and $11.50 for the pre.. ; nous week and with 86 cents and $16.00 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to
Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise.
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market NmoJ"s Service for broilers
during the week ending January 26 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2! - 3 3/4 pounds; at farms 17.32; FOB plants 18.35
(See reverse side for other states)
!ORQIA--crgc~ .fLAcEMENT .~f~mEKS ...::_PERIOD- NOVEMBER 2g, ~9.56 THROUGH JANLI.~R!- 26, ~22.1
I Date
Eggs
1'Chicks Hatched !/ Inshipments
j Total Placed I
I Heek
Set
Placed in Georgia of Chicks
on Farms
Epdin 195.2::22:.1956-57 ! 1955-56:1956-57 19555~ 1956-51 11955:56:1956-57.
Thousands
Thousands
I Thousands
Thousands
NOV'. 24
Dec. 1 Dec. 8
Dec. 15 Dec. 22 Dec. 29
JQJ'l. 5
Jan. 12 Jan. 19 J~. 26
4, 759
4, 722
4, 797 4,901 4,916 5,046 5,085 5,149 5,342 5,380
5,769
5, 734
4,923 5,909 6:,106 6,081 6,162 6,3 86 6,455
6,595
I 3,085 3,839 I 390
3,132 3,831
408
3,145 3,857
437
1447 h32 438
3,010 3,812
600 455
I 3,123 3,846
701
3,127 3,219
638
470 313
3,380 3,986
617 429
3,322 4,281
673 h82
3,423 4,348
670 484 .
3,492 4,640
709 520
3,475 3,540 3,582 3,610 3,824 3, 765 3,997 3,995 4,093 4,201
4,286 4,263 1-J.,295 4,267 4,316 3,532 . 4,415 4,763 4,832 5,160
V I Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.
ARCHIE LANGLEY ~ricultural Statistician In Charge
WILLIAM E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician
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STATE
l'1aine
Connecticut P_!3'nhsy1v ani a Iridian a
Illinois
Nissouri
Delaware
...\ l'1aryland
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Virginia
I )Jest Virginia
f. . North Carolina
South Carolina
. GEORGIA
Florida .. Alabama
IV.iississippi Arkansas
Louisiana Texas
Washington Oregon
California
EGGS SE~-~HICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY lrTEEKS - 1956 - 57
. . . Jan. : Jan.
12
19
:
Jan. 26
. . .
Nov. 24
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 0
\tiT~ek Ending;
.
Dec.
l
Dec. 8
- - . Dec.
Dec . : Dec.
. 15
22
29
Jan. 5
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
1,098 1,042 1,156 1,696
367 1,685 2,117 2,166 ( 2,022
316 2, 580
. 447
r+I 6~386 456 ' 2,352 1,512
3,124
341 I 2, 792
297 277 1,337
1,111 908
1, 191
1,634 405
1,630 2.110
2:105 1, 762
29 8 2,550
413 6l!-t55
510
2, 317 1,770 3,102
37.5 2,913
317 270 1,406
' I
I 1,191
971
884
465
1,196
627
1,453
720
362
145
1,619
467
2,126 1,622
2,072 1,165
1,897
971
337
495
2,599 1, 276
423 I 314
:I 6.:.595 ;l 1 42286
500
201
2,253 1 1,687
II! 1, 728
3,334886
I 1
I
925 1,717
258
2,740 1,628
II 308
176
'II 125
1,330135
889
961
484 643 810
171 491 1;522 1,141 1,131
398 1,315
364
42263
229 1, 726
1,044 1,713
293 1,638
230 170 856
976 472 546 761 185 46? 1,830 1,253 1,168 360 1,399 302
42295
211
1,709
1,1L~9
1,803
293 1,829
233 151 789
891
546
636
715
197
484
1,647
1,117
1,164
493
~.
,208
302
42267
. 248
1,688
1,142
1,826
268
1, 844 .
201
169
800
949 478 701
756 129
415 1,626
1,317 1,131
512 1,303
285
42~16
187 1,523 1,053 1,982
264 1,886
199 162
713
867
448 472 582 130
344 1,317
969 842 288
964 192 . 3~532
167 1,271
833 l,hl.9
198
1, 385 215 90 706
980
544 653 626 136 510 1,868
1,496 1,165
350 1, 296
298
4:41.5 222
1,791 1,116
1,973 299
1,998 178 118 840
Page 2
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Jan.
jan. , . Jan.
12
19
26
925 492 613 790 119
494 2,032 1,444 1,211
469 1,361
290
4:763 208
1,847 1,202 2,053
335 2,168
190 .
104 848
946
967
425 ' 518
592
689
712 : 693
lhO
108
$43
495
2 64o' . 2,055
'
I,
1,557
_1,615
1 ,24~ 1,357
. ; 452
41J6
1,383 , 1,384
295.: 295
4~832
5~16 0
208
208
1,783 2,080
_1,322 1,275
1,981 2,118
290
303
2,103 ' 2,254
146
211
170 ' 140 868 1'I,.. 879
TOTAL 1956-57 TOTAL 1955-56
35,566 35,552 31,542 31,370
j'I! '
35,635 21,130 21,593 32,159 1 19,534 20,276
22,181 21,853 21,887 17,261 22 ,8 72 23,958 24,030 . 25,250 20, 447 20,505 20,737 20,584 21,135 21,223 20,677 22,030
1956-57 as %of 1955-56 113 110 . 111
108 106
108
107
106
84
108
113
116
115
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-- - - - - - - --~-
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GI((J)JRiGH.A C~((IP JR\IIPOIRflrllNCG IE:~VilCE
AGRfCULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ANO THE ,
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
tebr.uary 1, 1957
U . S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE A(t~ICULTURAL MARKETING SERVt.CE
' 3i9 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA.
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GEORGIA_QONTINUES TO LEAD THE 'NATION IN _CHICKEN BROILER PRODUCTION
''"-: ..., .-:
of - Tilts .i~?..:t!l~ .sixth consecutive year Geor~ia has led the Nation in the producti;or1
chicken broilers. The 1956 Georg;ia pi'QcluctiQn of 223 million birds is 25 percen:t ~bove : the pr evious record of 178 m..i..ll:i.on in 1955. There has been an increase each
year $~41C'9,.- 19-46. Texas ranked second in production with 100 million birds~ t-
Follo~ving in order of productiol']. were Arlcansas, North Carolina, and, Delaware. ~
.. '
~
Gross income . from broilers prod~bed in Georgia in 1956 amounted to $129,146, abo.
'l'his T s 3 per cent above the 1955 value of $125,700,000. Gross income from commer'7
cial broilers .exceeds the income of any oth er farm commodity. Average li7 ~ wei ght.
per bird was . 3.:.1 pounds compared with -2.9 pounds in 1955 and 3;0 pounds in 1954; '-' Average price .per pound was at a very lov-T l evel during the latter part of th e ' ye at~ _
The av.erage for the year was 18.7 c~nts compared with 24.4 cents for 1955 ~ The
price ranged from a high of approximately 22 cents per pound in Febr uary to 14
cents in Dec ember.
In r~cent y e ar.s broiler produ~tion has spread to several areas of the state , but - :
the .main commercial counties are Cherokee, Forsyth, Hall, Banks, Barrow, Catoosa,
Cobb_.,-. Carroll, . Dawson, Franklin, Fulton, Gordon, Gwinnett, Habersham, Jackson, : ~umpkin, Madis.on, Murray, Pickens, Walton, White and Whitfield.
s~
280-
24o-.
200-
,,
120-
DIAGIW1 SHOWING PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF GEORGIA BROILERS
(Period 1946 ~ 1956)
,~ .,
- -Ye ar
1935 1936
193 7 193 8
1939, 1940 1941 19h2
1943 1944 1945 1946
1947 191+8 1949 1950 1951 195 2
1953 1954 1955 1956
Numb ers
(O OOl
500
Boo 1,100 1_.300 ' 1, 600 3,500 6,000 10,000 17,000 24, 000 29,520 22,435 28,717 33, 025 45, 5?4 62,89 2 83,678 112 ,621 . 121, 6.31 154, 471 177, 642 222,7 80
Value (Q ~ Q2
<jjJ
230 384 539 --- 613.676
1,495 2, 775 5,152. 12,198 19,116 .24, 466 20,1 71 24, 191 29,108 32 ,977 45,433 68,530 88, 610 93, 826 101, 951 125,700 129, 146
0 Numb er Broilers
E2TI Value ; Dollars
~
UNIV ERSITY OF GEORGIA
FEB b '51
LI BRAR IES
..,. . . \ ... :.
. -2 80 ... ' ~ '.
. ...::.>: . ....
~ . ~ '
-240 - <..
... :_ : f
.
. .-
, .
-200
-: ~
1-'
_ I..,-_'. --- -1-'
''...
rn
-160
' ..
~- .; ..'
-120
80-
- 80
4o-
- 40
146 147 148 149 1)0 151 152
Ye ars
COMMERCIAL BROILER PRODUGTION AND GROSS INCCl1E IN 22 .STATES, 1955-56 1/
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--~-~..... _.....,
1955 _gI
1956
r.-r- ,_ +---- S~t,natde-
Tftal
-~~
~orne ~ ~ -
Number Pounds Price
Gross
~1------- - ................__~ --
Number . Pounds Price Gross
:QrOql,!qed roduc~ dJ per lb .
3/ nraduc~ . Er.;oduced per lb. income
M!line
C ~mn.
Pa. Ip' d.
Ill.
Thou.
33,1.+38 25,852 30,318 32,368
8,691
- - - Thou. Cents
120,37 7 90,48 2 100,049 103,57 8 26,07 3
24.4 26.5 26.1 25.4 . 25.2
Thou.
doiJ~ars
29,372 23,978 26,113 26,309 6,570
- Thou.
43,46~
30,505 37,291 38,518 9,126
- -Thou. Cents
156,488 19.2 109,818 20.3 130,518 20.9 123,258 19.6
28,291 19.4
Thou. dOffir s 30,046 22,29 3 27,27 8 24,15 9
5,48 8
Mo.
D~1. Md.
Va. W~ Va.
25,767 77,301 24.3 69,820 216,442 25.7 58,367 180,938 25.7 55,179 171,055 24.6 21,873 69' 99 4 24.8
18,784 55,626 46,501 1.+2, 080
17,359
31,700 85,669 67,033 61,249 24,498
98,270 18.8
291,275 19.9 221,209 19.9 189,872 . 19.4 . 80,843 19.5
18,475 57,964
44.02 1
36,83 5 15,764
N~C
72,936 218,80 8 24.2
s~c
10,053 29,154 24.5
:GFta. ~~. a-.~~~197~7,,6~432~89~5-1:5f.71,6282~-2264:.24
Afa
57,764 179,068 24.5
52,952 7,143
12~ 700
7,134 43,872
94,087 13,359
222,7~0
11,830 82,085
291,670 18.9 38,741 19.4
. .6~1 18.7
. 35,490 20.8 254,464 18.7
( 1 55,126 7,51
1~9,];~ 0
7,38 2
47,58 5
Miss.
ALar.k.
Texas
wash.
Oreg.
C~lif.
37,486 76,954 11,666 79,687 9,782 6,133 48,516
104,961 215,47 1 34,99 8 231,09 2 30,32 4 19,01 2 150,40 0
24.5 24.4 25.3 25.5 26.5 26.3 .
27.9
25,715 52,575 8,854 58:,928
8,036
5,000
41,962
52,855 99,271 15,716 99,887 11,115 8,382
52,397
153,280 18.7 287,886 18.7 50,291 19.9 319,638 19.7 33;345 23.1 26,822 21...6 167,670 22.1
28,66 3
53,83 5
lOJOO 8 62,96 9
7,70 3
5, 794 37,055
Total 959,681 2,911,967 25.1 730,563 1,192,822 3, 779' 757 19.4 735,105
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1/. States having weekly chick placement reports.
?:,/ Revised.
~~ Includes consumption in households of ~roducers which is less than 1 percent of total production.
CARL 0. DOESCHER A~ricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
FEB b '57
LIBRA RIES
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
~
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
~th:;;ns, Georgi a
., GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL
EXTENSION SERVICE
. , Fcbruo.ry 4, 1957 .
HONEY AND ~EEswAX PRODUCTfON 19~6
~ORGIA: Honey production in Georgia during 1956 totaled 6,210,000 pounds, an in
. crease of 257 percent over ,the 1955 production of 2,412,000 pounds, The . .
munber of colonies of bees in 1956 was estimated at 207,000 an increase of three pe~
cent over 1955.. Honey production per colony in 1956 was : placed at 30 pounds, two ~d one~half times the production of 12 pounds per colony in 1955. This sharp in
~ase in honey production per colony was the result of favorable Spring weather .witQ
81!1Ple nectar flow and unhampared bee activity."
'the -value
of
the
. '
1956 . honey
crop
is
estimated at
$1,726,000
compared
with
a.
value or
~6,000 in 1955. Beekeepers received an average price of 27.8 cents per pound for
all h-oneY sold in 1956, an increase of .6 cents over the 1955 price of 27.2 -'cemts .
Value of beeswax amounted to $60,000 in 1956 compared with $28,000 one year earliE?r. .
UNITED STATES: Honey production in 1956 totaled 215 million pounds-...15 percent b""
low 1955 and the smallest crop since 1948, according to the Crop
Reporting Bo~_d;. . Th,e crop was produced by 5,332,000 colonies of bees, about the '
a~ number as in 1955; but production per colony of 40.2 pounds was well below the
1.955 production of 47.8 pounds per colony. - ffi mid..December' producers had about 49
l!,llibn .pounds of honey on hand for sale--about 23 percent of the estimated 1956 . .
pr.oduction. Beeswax production totaled 4,118,000 pounds, compared with 4,599,000 in .
19$5.
.
'
hoduction of honey was below 1955 in all regions of th~ country except the South .
ltlanti.c and West where !t was up 36 percent and 1 percent respectively. Decreases'
fran 1955 were 47 percent in the East North C~ntr, 38 pe~cent. in the North Atlantic
n percent in the West North _Cent~al and 15 p~rcent i11 the Sou~~ _Central States_ .
'the 10 leading States with 56 percent of the 19.?6 product~on were California, Minrie-
eota, Florida, Iowa, Idaho, Wisconsin, Michigan, Texas, Georgia and Montana.
:
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.
.
Ioney production .per colony averaged 40.2. pounds, compared with 47. 8 pounds in '1955..
~d the average of 43.6 pounds, Yields were below the previous year in all regions
ofthe country except in the South Atlantic where they increased f -rom 27.5 pounds ip
1?55 to 37.0 pounds in 1956.
.
.
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.
I
.
.
..
!stiniated stocks . of honey on hand for sale by producers in mid..Deoell1b~~ t .otDJed 49 dll.ion poundg..~23 percent of prodtiction. Stocks as a percentage of production were
17 percent in the .East North Central, 25 percent in the North Atlantic, 22 percent in the ~>lest North Central and West and 17 percent in both the South Atlantic and .
~outh Central States.
leekeepers received an avere.ge price of 19. 0 cents per pound for ~ honey sold in ,
,?$6, including the combined wholesale and retBi:l sales of extracted, chunk, and .
~honey. This was about 1.2 cents higher than for 1955, and the highest since .
l9~7. These prices include sales by large and small apiaries Owned bY faririers ' and
n~farmers.
ARCHIE LANGLEY
~~cultural Statistician In Charge
RAYMOND R. HANCOCK
Agricultural Statistician
State
and Div.:
.. w ' . : '!' , ',/,: . -., ,1;
''
. . ... .. HONE...YBEES .. NUNBE.R OF COLONIES AND PRODUCTION OF HONEY .
';>
: ,,
Colonies of ,:Honey Production:
Bees .
per .9olony
... ..... . .. . . .
...
.
:
'
: '
:
.:. 1955 ' :' 1956 1955 1956
Honey . . Production
:
- ----- 1955. . : . .1956 .. ~,..,.._ -
Value of Production
.
- 1955 : 1956
Thousands
.. Founds
Thousand Pounds
' . .
Ncine
6
H. U
8
lt .
10
lVIas s .
' 20
R. J.. ..
'2
Cot1n~
JJi
N. Y.
199
NPa. . J.
30 . lt~8
-
N. Atl. . 4~7
0.0.!'.)...;..._.,
Ohi o . ! . 292
Ihd .
. .l8~
Ill.
. -..'i6i
Hieh.
.185
\,Y:i.s
208
E. N. c.. l;028
6 ' ' 30 8 ' }.j.O
10
41
. 19
18
2 19
' 15
16
191
50
29
22
147------ 33
427. . .39.0
I -~....... -
292
40
. 186 : ., ..,. ,
49.
161: ;. ' .
176
;
..
48
50
19.6. . . 89
1',011 .. .54.6 .
20
180
33
320
hO
1.~10
19
360
25
38
23
- 224
30 9,950
30
660
17 4,884
24.9 17,026
13 11,680 31 8,918 36 7,728 36 9,250 41 18,512
29.4 56,088
120 264 400 361 50 345 5,130 870 2,499
10,639
3, 796 5, 766 5,796 6,336 8,036
29,730
Thousand Dol~ -
65 105 123 120 12 7h 1,612 200
1 ~ 138
3,449
45 91 122 126 i7 ' 120' ..
1,003 268 590
2,382 .
2,149 1,926 1,623 1,582 3,054
10,334
740 1,297 1,235. 1,134,: 1,398 .
5,804 '
Minn.
243 241
Iowa
165 155
Nq .
119 111
N~ Dak.
13 18
s~ Dak. ' ' . 35. . 36
NGbr .
' 47 52
Kans.
43 42
W.: N. c. 665 655
De l .
lvlq .
va.. w~ va.
N~ c. s~ c.
rl?..
F~a .
3 3 26 28 143 143 113 113 183 176 50 52 201 207 238 248
$. A.
K;;r.
Tenn.
fi~a. Hiss. A+k~
ta.
Okla.
'I\:xas
~
S''
c.
Mont.
l daho
1fyo.
eolo.
. }t. J.Viex.
"~-r~z.
Utah
~ev.
,vash.
Or eg.
Calif .
951 970 .
132 136 162 167 182 191
73 75 91 98 93 91 48 46 274 271
1,055 1,075
68 69 177 177 33 35 65 66 16 17 81 83 49 51 14 15 82 82 5o 51 537 548
We s t ,
u. s.
1,172 1,194 . 5,314 5,332
100
80
115
80
26
27
.130
84
110
112
104
.82
- - - 35
31
87.7 69.9
24,300 18,975 3,094 1,690 3,850 4,888 1,505
58,302
26
26
78
28
26
728
25
27 3,515
18
16 2,034
19
28 3,'477
19
19
950
12
30 2,412
55
70 13,090
27.5
. 37..1. .. 26.,344 .
22 .
22 2,904
19
20 3,078
21
19 3,822
18
30 1,31L.
25
22 ' 2, 275
22
28 2,046
30
24 ' 1,440
43
23 11,782
27.2 22.6 28,661
91
86 6,188
40
50 7,080
95
110 3,135
85
62 5,525
60
45
960
75
67 6;075
60
60
2, 9L~O
55
90
770
35
44 2,870
35
39 1,750
56
53 30,072
57.5 57.0 67,365
. 19,280 12,400 2,997 1,512 4,032 4,264 1,302
45,787
3,742 2,922
628 245 581 704 266
9,088
3,162 2.,021 .. .
620
233 645 652 236 ;
7,569 ..
78 728 3,861 1,Bo8 4,928' 1,040 6,210 17,360
23 194 1,094 622 .1,168 308 656
2,395
.2J ,. 200 1,201 559 1,661 329 . ' 1, 726 . .
3,298
-' 36,013 2) 992
6,460 900
3,340 . r . . 899
3,629
, ~,013
8,991' ." 99. 6"..>12... .... 962 '
2,250
321
.549 .
; 2,156 ' 503
496
2,548 1,104
358 .. -341
., .
. 451 268
~ 6,233 .1,897 '1,635
24,252
5,934 8,850 3,850 },J., 092
765 5:,561 3;060 1,350 3,608 1,989 29,044
6,232
1,027
1~ic4
.. 455 ;
88h 138 705 426 120 422 315 4,030
5,654 " '
991 1,416
' 562 696 112 701 },J.65 216
570 382 4,211
68,103 9,626 10,322
47.8 40.2 25J,i86 , 214-,~?l+ 45,189 40,728
1955 Revised.
1956 Preliminary.
Athens, Georgia
february 4, 19S7
_E!~_EITI_CE REPORT AS OF JANUARY 15 t 1957
GEORGIA: The All Cornmodity Index of Prices Received by Georgia farmers increased
5 points during the month ended January 15. At the present level the
Index is 248 percent of its January 1910 - December 1914 average and is 2 points ~ave- the level reported in January 1956.
The All Crops component of the Index at 271 percent ~f its 1910 - 1914 average is 7points above the mid-December level. Principal contributors to the increase were llgher prices received at the farm level during the month for cotton lint and cpttonseed; all baled hay, pemuts, grains and soybeans.
The All Livestock and Livestock Products Component of the Index at 201 percent of its 1910 - 1914 average reflected an increase of 3 points during the month. Sub... s~antial gains in hog prices accompanied by moderate gains in prices received for beef cattle and all chickens promoted the increase, Lower pricee received for ~gs and wholesale milk were partially offsetting. Averaging $16.20~ per cwt. on J~uary 15~ hog prices were at the highest level reported since June 1956.
UNITED STATES: The Index of Prices Received by Farmers increased one _point (four-
. tenths of 1 percent) during the month ended January 15. Substantial ~creases in prices received for meat animals plus smaller increases for fruit and ~ain crops more than offset lower prices for commercial vegetables, eggs, dairy products, and cotton. The January :tnqex at 238 percent of its 1910-14 average com.. ~ed with 237 last month and with 226 a year earlier.
~e Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services including Interest, !axes, and Wage Rates ~the Parity ~ Index) e~tabl:tsned_a_ new all;.time nigh as-of --~- J~uary 15, at 292 percent of its 1910-14 average, This represented an increase of
two points (two-thirds of 1 percent) over the revised December index. About half tthe advance resulted from higher commodity prices; the remainder from the conUnued advance in taxes on farm real estate, interest on farm mortgage indebtedness, ~d far.m wage rates. The January 15 Parity Index was 4 percent higher than in J~muary 1956.
..~though the Parity Index increased somewhat more than farm product prices, the
f..a., rity Ratio remained at 82. This compares with 80 in January 1956
Summary Table for the ~niteq S~~tes
19 Indexe~
; Jan, 15,
___lQ...._~-.l..u. ~.-1!!...l. o.OQ~=~-125R
Dec. 15,
Jan. 15, : ___RElc.2.r~gigh___ _
19$6 a ; 1257
Index
Date
Prices Received ll'ity Index ]/
Parity Ratio
226
237
281
~/ 290
80
82
238
313 Feb. 1951
292
292 Jan. 1957
82
123 Oct. 1946
Y Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes , and Wage Rates, ~/ Revised.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
BURTON J. HARRINGTON
Agricultural Statistician
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--==--- !. . PRICES RECEIVED BY F.Ai'lMERS JA.."'JTJ.ARY 15, 195'/ WITH COMPARISONS
-----~--------.:--:----____;,--~t'!:.l!&m!l i:f.!ii':i',~T_____
c~~0&W~
- - - - - - - --
JJ&~:c.rfl~!dH--
Jan. 15, .
__!!:)S6 ,
Dec.1""J J nn.15;
l9sci.].._-.1. 957
i!'ri~ri~o- Jan.l5~ ~ IJNIU]) !31'1 t.mTi
.
n.~~ .,q,-4
Jan.l5,
. 19. AA
Dte9cF.i1fi5,1!
~ 195?.' J
Wheat, Bu.
$
1.23 2.00
2.00
2.04
.88
1.95 2.07 2.0~
Corn, Bu.
:oats, Bu.
$
.91 1.07
1.20
1.24
.67
.85
.65
1.16 1.22 1.2~
;
.62
.74
Irish Potatoes,Cwt. $
. ~5.25
1.67 1.48
Sweet Potatoes, Cvvt, $
5.10
4.'15
4.75
3.68 4.38
C?tton, Lb.
12.1
32.6
ll.9
30.7 31.0 30.2
~ttonseed, Ton
$
Hay (baJ. ~dL _'!'on _ $
Hog$, per cvTt,
$
B~ef . Cattle, cwt.
$
Milk Cows, Head
$
23.65
7.36 3.96 33.85
44.00
24.00
ll.flO
n.oo
100.00
~.00
24.20 15.50
n.~
110.00
1:9.00
~5.00
16.20
11.90
uo.oo
21.82
7.29 5.52 49.18
45.50 59.90 60.40
21.30 10.90 13.90
22.70 16.20 14.10
22.90
,. 17.3Q
14.9o
145.00 155.00 155.00
Chickens, Lb. Eggs, Doz~
Butterfat, Lb.
13.3
19.5
21.4
58.0
25.8
51.0
16.0 49.0 51.0
16.5 46.0 51.0
11.5 21.6 26.3
20.1 46.6 57.6
16.0 37.1 59.6
17.1 33.2 59.1
Milk ( Who+,esale)
per 1OOft .]J
$
2.43
6.00
6.00
5.90
1.61
4.24 4.53 4.41
Soybeans, Bu.
$
2.13
2 . 20
2.25
2.19 2.27 2.31
P~ anuts, Lb.
5.2
11.2
10.3
10.7
4-.8
11.9 11.0 11.1
JI ~~----------~~-------.~~~--~----~----~--------~----~----~--Preliminary for Januag 1957.
..
..
= INDEX NUMBERS OF PBICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS IN GEO:RGIA
(January
1910
-
Iacemb e r
1J9e1n4 .
100) 15, Dec.
15,
Jan.
15,
1956
1956
1957
All Commodities All Crops
Grain and Hay Cotton Lint Peanuts Tobacco Cottonseed and Soybeans Irish Pot a.toes, Sweet Potatoes & Cowpeas Fruits and Nuts All Livestock and Live stock Products Meat Animals Poultry and Eggs Dairy Products
246 271 139 . 273 216 362 18 5 241 233 198 202
174 235.
243
248
265
2'71
144
149
265
268
198
206
373
373
200
203
260
271
249.
249
198.
201
240
250
144
144
237.
235
Revised
" ;~
mJps PRICES PAID BY F.AEMERs FOR SELEOl'ED
J-A.WABY _15, . 1957 WITH OOMPARISONS ]}
KIND OF FEED
Jan. 15,
- 1956
GEORGIA
Doc. 15, 1956
UniTED 9rATES
Jan. 15, - Jan. 15,
Dec. 15, Jan. 15,
1957
1956
1956
1957
-
Mixed Dairy Feed
All Under 29 %Frotein 16% Protein 18% Protein 20% Protein 24% Protoin
3.80
3.75 . '3.95
4.00
' 4 .20
. 4.00 3.95 4.05 1. 15
1.35
r __l)QJ,_l ar ., p , 100 Pounds
4.00
3.95 4.05
4. 15 4,35
3 ..65.. 3.59 3. 59
3.84 3.95
3.82
3.77 3. 78 3.99 4.08
3.86
3.80 3.79
4.04
4.13
High Protein Feeds
Cottonseed Meal Soybean Meal Moat Scrap
3.25
4.20 Ll. 70
3,45
3.90 4.70
3.45 3.90 4.70
3.74 3.97 4.55
3.85 3.86 4.68
3.86
3.85 4,63
Grain B~-Products
Bran
Middlings Corn Meal
3.e25
3:5o 3.80
3.45
3.65 3.55
3.45
3.65 3.55
2.86 2.97 3.33
3.04 3.12 3.50
3.08 3.14 3.48
Poultr;z Feed
Broiler Growing Mash Laying Mash Sc1'atch Grains
4.95 4 .70 - 4:. 20
5.20 4.80 4.30
5.10 .
4.85 4.30
_,:4, 79
4::36
3.93
4.94 4.48 4.11
4.93 4.49 4.13
Hay (Bale d)
A l f al f a All Other
50.00 40.50
51.00 41.00
50.00 39.00
3?.90 29.40
34.80 31.90
35.10 31.90
J) As reported by Fee d Iaalers
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
EXTENSIO,tJ SERVICE
Ath~ns,_ Georgia
February 6, 1~57:.
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BROILER CHICK REPORT
RCIAL AREAS
During the week ending February 2 commercial hatcheries placed 5,169,000 chicks witr
proiler. producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares With the 5,160,000
plac13d ;the prE;~vious week and is 13 percent more than the 4,565,000 placed tne same
week las~ ye~.
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Eggs: set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,636, 000 compared with 6,595,000 for the
previous week and is 21 percent greater than the 5,473,000 for the corresponding
. ~eek la.St year. .
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Hatcher;i..es :rl.epor.ted prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of
57 ~ent~ per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reporteq
at $10.50 per hundred. These prices compare with 60 cents and $11.00 for the pre.,. ~
tious week and with 86 cents and $15.75 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to
.. Geor~ia : produced .
hatchiqg
eggs
whether
bought
on
contract
or
otherwise.
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Weighted average prices from the Federal-Stat~ Market News . Service for broilers
~ing the week ending February 2 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2~ ' ~ 3~
poun~:s; at farms 19.30; FOB plants 20.41...
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GEORGIA CHICK: PLACEMENT BY WEEKS- PERIOD DECEMBER 1 19 6 THROUGH FEBRUARY 2 19 7
Date ~
Week
' Eggs Set
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Hatched i
in Georgia
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Total laced on Farms
Endin 1955...56:19 6-- 7 i 1955..56:1956-5 ! 195556: 1956---57 I 1955...56:19 6--57
, .Thousands
Dec. . ,1 4, 722
nDeece.
Dec.
. 8 1.5 22
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4, 797 4,901 4,916
Dec. 29 5,046
Jan. 5 i : . 5,085
Jan. 12 ! . 5,149
Jan. 19 1. 5,342
.Jan. 26 ! 5,380
Feb.
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5, 734 4:,923 5,909 -6,;1.06 6,081 6,162 6,386
6,455 6,595 6z63Q
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3,132 3,145 3,010 3,123 3,127 3,380 3,322 3,423 3,492 32599
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3,831
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3,812
3,846
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3,219
3,986
4:,281
4,348
4,640
4,~4p . J
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Thousands 408 432 437 438
600 455 701 470 638 313 617 429 673 482 670 484 709 520 966 523
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3,540 3,582 3,610 3,824 3, 765 3,997 3,995 4,093 4,201 4.565
4,263 4,295 4,267 4:,316 3,532 4,415 4, 763 4,832 5,160
5,169
!( Exclus.ive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.
CARL 0; DOESCHER
Agric~ltural Statistician
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26
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EGGS SET -:- THOUSANDS
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Dec. 1
Week Ending
Dec~
Dec.
8
15
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. 29
5 . 12
19
CHICKS PLACED. - THOUSANDS
1,111
:"908
1,191
1,634
I . 405 1,630
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2,110 2,105
I 1,762
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. 298 2,550
413
6 h55
10
2,317
1_,; ?70
"'' 3.L7052 2,913
317 270 1, b.06
1,191 884
1,196
1,453 362
1,619 2,126 2,072 1,897
337 2,599
423 61559o5o 2;253
::.,7~1:3
3,346 388
2,740 308 315
1,303
II 1,165
961
984
484
962
643
i 1,545
810
401
171
II 1,591
2,032'
II
491 1,522
2,057 1,141
I' 1,886
,, 370
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1,131 398
2,600 ! 1,315
443 I 364
6z636 ,I 4z263
478 r 1 229
2,14h II 1,7~~
1,767 I; 1,044
II 3,099 1, 713
422 2, 719
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293 1,638
402 311
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230 170
1,246 ~ 856
976 472 546 761 185 467 1,830 1,253 1,168
360 1,399
. 302
4z295 "211
1,709 1,149 1,803
293 1,829
233 151 789
891 546 636
715 197 484 1,647 1,117 1,164
493 1,208
302 ~ 2 267
248 1,688
1,142 1,826
268
1,844 201 169 800
949 478 701
756 129 415 1,626
1,317 . 1,131
512
1,303 285
4 2138167 1,523 1,053 1,982
264 1,886
199 162
713
867 448 . 472 .
582 130 344 1,317 969 842 288 964 192 32513627 1,271 833 1,449 198 1,385 215 90 706
980
544 653 626 136 510
1,868 ..
1,496 1,165
350 1,296
.298
4 2242125 1,791 1,116
1,973 299
1,998 178 118 840
925 492 613 790 119 494 2,032 1,444 1,211 469 1,361 290
4z 763 208
1,847 1,202
2,053 335
2,168 190 104 848
946
425
592
712
140
543 2,040
1,557
1,242
452
1,383 . 295
4
1
832 208
1;783
1;322
1,981
290
2,103
146
170
868
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Jan., Feb.
26
2
967 '518 689 ' 693 108 495
2 ~ 055 1~615
1J357 t446
l j384 295
51120680 2Jo8o 1;275 21ll8
;303 2,254
' 211
1184709
880
519 648 898 136 593 2,140 1,355 1,340 466 1,521 . 274
5zl6~
"231 2,004 1,302 2,328
315 2,179
207 209 938
TOTAL 1956-57
35,552
TOTAL 1955-56
j.31,370
1956-57 ~s .% of 1955-56' . 110
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32~159
111
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32,648 .I 20,276.
II .11
108
106
22,181 20,447
108
21,853 20,505
10.7
21,887 20,737
106
17,261 2Q,584
84
22,872 21,135
108
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23,958 21,223
113
24,030 20,677
116
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25,250 22; 030
115
25,652 22,797
113
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February 12, 1957 .
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AND INDICATED PRODUCTION ~-- ~~-:...,.__~--
OF..........PR~..I...NCIP. .A. ~ L........C__._O...I..>1MERCIAL
CROPS
Februa:>y 1, 1957
~IT~:Q_,:N~ :_ Winter vegetable production for 1957 is notv expected to be 11 per--
cent less than a year ago but only slightly belo'lv average, the Crop Reporting Board ann.ounced today. The most marked reductions in -output' corrfPared with last year are indicated fu._~ cabb age, lettuce, and carrots, but v-Jinter crops of celery, E3nap b e ans, green peppers , beets, sl: a.l].Q;.ts, spinach and lima beans are also significantly smaller. Pnrtially offs etting these reductions are substantial in-
creas es in the indicated produc t j_ on of winter tomatoes, Bnd S'tveet oorn, and more modest incre as es in tonnage for cucumbers, cauliflower and artichokes.
Adverse weather in Florida during January is responsible for the reduction from last
month 1s for ecast of winter production. At that tline it appeared 1957 wint er production would be about 7 percent less than in 1956. Compared with 1ast month , this . report indicates significantly smaller 1957 production in Florida for lima b eans,
snap b eans, cabbage, S'tveet corn, escar ol e , lettuc e , green peppers, and tomatoe s.
~BAQ~: Prospects in the winter producing States declined about 12 percent during . J anuary, and production is no1v plac ed at 4, 699,000 cwt. Host of t he re-
duction in the size of the winter crop from last month is attributable to l ess acreage for harvest and lo1ver anticipate d yj. elds in Florida. In addition, cr op prospects were down substanti ally in Arizona. The condition of Fl oriclai s crop is very irregular, r anging from v ery poor to g ood. Adverse gro~ring conditions throughout
the s eason in that State aro reflected in a vJide variation in yi elds and quaJ.i ty. While earlrseason prospects have be ~n lower ed mate rially, ample suppli es are exPElcted and h arve st will fol1o~-J a near-normal pattern. Crop conditions have improved
somewhat in the important Hastings area, and there is suff icient acre age for Februar: ~d March harve st to assure adequate suppli es of good quality cabbage. In the Sanford section, siz es are small and yields have been cut on some of the acreage as a r esult of prolonged drought and mid... January cold. l.fuile quality is good, the pre-
ponderance of small siz es is caus ing some of the crop t o b e l eft in the fi eld. In
'Ghu Everglade s, extremely h eavy r ains resulted in a substantial loss in acre age, and ~cld p~ospe cts wer e mat erially r e duc ed in many of the surviving f~elds: - t i ght m~p-ylies . are available in the Manato e- nuskin area wher e the crop is in fair t o good conditi on. In Texas, marketings of cabbage 1:ill b e available in fair volume during F~bruary. . The Lovwr Valley is expected to furnish only light supplies as total
plantings wOr e drastically reduc ed -there b ecaus e of a shortage of wate r for irrigation. Quality of the crop has been v e ry good except in fi elds which wer e over-
mature. Are a s outside the Lor,rer Valley will have more late s eason production than lsual, but not enough to offs et the expe cted decline in the Vall ey, In Ariz ona,
i.cavy r ains caus ed some loss in acreage for harvest and a lowering of yi elds. S:1pplies are noior plentiful in the Imperial Valley of California, and all areas from ~ an Fr ancisco to San Diego are cutting for local markets
.Lf growers follow their intentions, a _E~.2]2:rj._ng crop of 10,450 acre s will b e availt..be for harvest this ye ar. This compare s with 9, 700 acre s harve ste d a year ago and
or: average acreage of 10,130. Acreage .~g;r_E!.,~E,e S over a year ago are in prospect in
~ the s e State s except Maryland whore no chi~go is indicated. In Virginia, pro~ects appear ~ood. Plants were prote ct e d by snow cover during' pe riods of exc e ssive
l'l'Jld. About 75 perc ent of the crop has beon s et in North Carolina wh ere moisture
~m:r;::.lies e.re ample to excessive. Stands the re are good, and a tew days of f avorable
weather can get the crop o:f'f to a good start. In Tenne s:::; ee , the ground is now
sai-,"l.r"c:.t<c:d. , t.u':; s e:\:.ti ng sh011l .d b s gin on sche d1J.lo in lato February.
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~E.!T.!JGE: Production in the 1-rinter States is n(')w estimated at 8, 794,000 cwt. A
crop this size is 14 perc ent below 1956 production but exceeds the aver~
)y 6 percent. In Florida, the growing season to date has been unfavorable for .
l ettuce. A sizable portion of the Everglades crop was lost in the recent heavy _rains
md supplies from this area will be comparatively light for several weeks. V>Ihile
younger plantings are making a fair recovery, above~normal t emperatures have not
_:avored this acreage. Most of the crop in the Palmetto-Ruskin area was planted for
3arly harvest and the acreage rer,Iaining for harvest is C(')mparatively small. In the
)anford..Samsula area, where acreage r emaining for harvest is also light, the crop is
Ln fair condition. At Zellwood, most of the acreage for mid-wlnter harvest was lost
luring the recent freeze. Younger acreage. ::wa.p da'llaged but it is making a fair re-
:::overy. In the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Ta,~.as, harves_~ _ i! .., t:lell..~lcn_g_. While most
)~ the February movement from Texas will o~igirtate from the Valley, shipments from
t.11at area this February v1ill be consid ().'r~b:ty lightor than thos e of the past two years
Jnly a small acreage in the Valley is availabl~ for early March harvest. Early
aqason harvest in the Winter Garden and 1,areQ.o was practically complete in late
January. The late crop in the Uvalde area of the Winter Garden is in good condition,
and harvest of this acreage will st,art about mid-~vJarch and continue until early May.
~~Jhile growing conditions have been generally f:lvorable, damp and misty weath er pre-
vailed for about a week in late January, clearing in early February. Wnile the
weather has been cool in the Yuma area of Arizona and harvest was briefly interrupted
by rain, average yi el ds are still in prospect. In th e Imperial Valley of California,
l ight frosts on s everal mornings in late January had little effect on the crop other
t han slowing growth. Harvesting on January 29 was curtailed by rain. Supplies from
t he Imperial Valley will continue at a high l evel in February, and harvest at Blythe
should start again ab out mid-February.
'rOMAT~: Production ~f the 2llte!:n_crop in Florida is now forecast at 2, 783,000 cwt.
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31 percent m0re thai1 produced last year and 66 perc ent above average .
The winter tomato deal is now at peak harvest. The prolonged period of dry, warm
wenther has aff ected yi elds slightly, but pres ent rrospects are for a c ontinued good
volume during the winter period. In Dade County, the crop is maturing rapidly.
'f omatoe fi elds now being harvested ther e ar e in f air to good con"'di'tion1 but t he prcl opged drought is r educing size, particularly on non-irrigated land. In the
Im,mokal ee-~Ft. IVIyers area, the condition of the crop is quit e varied with only a
l ight harvest now in progress. Younger 1felds for late wint er ha1~es t are making
r apid growth. In th e east Palm Beach s ection, the crops generally came through the
heavy r ains better than expected, and the younger plantings are in fairly good
~ obdition.
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produce~s
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plac;ed..th~ prey:l;.ous week and .is 18 percent more than the 4,415,000 placed the same
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prev~oust week and is 18 percent greater than the 5,617,000 for the corresponding
week: las~ year. ;
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56 cents' per ;dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported
at $10.5p ..pe.r; h~dred. Thes e prices compare with 57 cents and $10.50 for the l're"'
v;tous week ~d with 86 cents and $15.50 .orie year ago. Egg prices shown relate 1to
Georgia prod~ced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise,
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d~:l:ng the 'We!ek 'ending February 9 are as follows; North Georgia broilers 2t ... : 3t
ppunds; }at ffu'ms '19.70; FOB pla.nts 20.61.
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pate : . ; .
Eggs - - Chicks Hatched
Inshipments --- Totai - Plac~cr -
WeElk ,-. : . - ; Set
Placed in neprgia
of Chicks
on Farms
1 ~~nfL J 195~-5-~~~t~?-~ 19~~__0.?12f.5'L .~~~:1~:?;~~~- 1955:~~~~B-
Thousands . . . .i' -:
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Thousands
Thousands .
Thousands
Dec. ; ff : 4, 797Dec. ;15 ~ . 4, ~o1
D~c-. : 22 1 4,916 Dec~ :29 ; .5,o46 J~.:: 5 : : 5,085
Jan, ;12 , 5,149 J~. a9 5,!342 J~. 126 . 5,;380
4, 923 5, 909
6,lo6
6,081
6,162 6,386 6,455 6,595
3,145 . 3,857
437 438
3,582 ' 4,~95
3,010 3,812
600 455
3,610 . 4,267
3,123 3,846:
701
470
3,824 4,316
3,127 3,219 3,380 3,986
638 617
313 429
I 3,765 3,532 3,997 4,415
3,322 4,281:
673
482
3,995 '4, 763
3,423 4,348 . 670 484
4,093 4,832
3,492 4,640
709 520
4,201 5,160
yFeb,, 2 5,4?3 6,636
Feb. : 9 ~ . 61 6 605
3,599 4,646
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4,565 5,169 .. 5.19~.-1
Exclusive! of: hatchings shipped into stat~' s outside of Georgia.
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CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
. Jan.. Jan.
19
26
Feb : Feb .
2
9
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Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania indiana
I l,l9i 1,165 1,227
976
891
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1,196
. .984 1,006
472
962 1,234
546
546 636
1,453 1,545 1,667 . 761 :115
949 478 701
756
867 410
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980 :544:-:
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925 492
472
695
613
582
626
790
989 .
425 592 712
967
880
518 519 1 - ~ ~,:.
689 693
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909 595 774 843
Illinois Mis.souri . ....
362
401' 404
. . l 1,619 1,591 1,695
184
197
129
130
136
119
140
137 ,I 136
156
467
484
415
344
$10
494
543
495
593
616
D?laware ' . . .
2,126 2,032 . 2,176 1,832 1,735 l, 774 1,471 1,.617 2,032 2,040 2,055' i '2:,140 1,888
. :fi<ll'Yland
' 2,072 ' 2,057 '< 2,156 1,272 1,165 1,39li. 1,063 1,496 1,444 1,557 1,615 1,355 1,528
: Virginia .
1,897 1,886 1,873 1,168 1,164 1,131
842 . . :1,165 1,211 1,242 1,357 -1,340 1,223
.West Virginia North Caroliria
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337
370
363
2,.599 2,600 2,640
360
493
512
1,399 1,208 1,303
.288 350
469
452
446
466
483
964 1,~96 1,361 1,383 1,384 1,.521 1,438
South Carolina
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423
443
340
. 316
302
293 ' 192 . 298
290
295
29.5
274 . 302
GEORGIA
Florida
. Alabama
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62.59.5
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2,2.53
6.1..636
478 2,144
6.1..60.5 4,g95 ' 4:267
621
211
248
2,272 - 1, 709' . 1,6$8
4,:316 187
1,.523
3,532 '167
.4.~4212~2
1,271 1,791
4:;763 . 4~ 832
208
208
1,847 1,783
5zl60 . .5 z169
208'
231
2,080 2,004
.5zl91 213 v
1,992
Mississippi ',
1,728 1,767 . ' 1, 775 1,149 1,142 1,0.53
833 1,116 1,202 1,322 1,27.5 1,302 1,463
.Arkansas ' f
~L.oui~dana
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3,346 ' 388
3,099 2,924 ' 422 . 442
1,803 293
1,826 268
1,982 264
1,449 ' . 1,973
198
299
'2, 0.53 335
1,981 290
2;118 303
2,328 31.5
2,228 3.32
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2,719
2,575
1,829 1,844 1,944 1,385 i,998 2,168 2,103 2,254 ' 2,179 2, 4.51
Washington
308
402
380
233
201
199
21.5
178
190
146
211 :' 207
229
OrE;lgon
31.5
311
259
151
169
162
90 118
111
170
140
209
192
California
1,303 1,246 1,246
789
800
713
706 . 840
848
868
879
938
984
TOTAL 1956-57
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32,.51:4
.19'56-57 as .% of 195.5-5.6
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:110
35,260 35,880
32,6f+8 33,224 .
108 . 10$ ..... .
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22 ' 215 ' 21,989
20,447 20,505
109 :
> -~ . ...
.
107. ...
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22,178
20,737
107
-
17,471
20,584 .
8.5 -
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22,863
.21~183 .
. ..:1o8
23,965 24,073 25,279
21,250 20,700 22,062
113
116
11.5
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25,6.52 22,797
113
26,030 23,350
111
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVI~E .
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE .
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
U; s: oEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
, .. .AG_R;.ICULTURA'L MARKET lNG SERVICE
319 EXT-ENSION SLOG., ATHENS, GA.
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February H~, 1957 ~ I _:
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Estimated inventory numbers of livestock on Georgia farms as of January 1, 1957
showed . increases from one year ago in the numbers of hogs, sheep, chickens ( exclud-
ing cbJ!Ullercial broilers), and turkeys. The numbers of cattle and workstrock on . fa.rm{:
declined during the year. Changes in orde:r of importance were: a one , percent de"" . i
cline in the nUinber of cattle, an increase of four .percent for hogs, Jj . perc ent for sheep, and a four percent increase in the ntlmber Gf chickens~ Workstopk on farms ;
declined 11 percent while turkeys increased five . percent. (Estimateq numbers of_,
livestock and poultry on farms are shown in the table on the .back of this report.)
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Total value of all livestock and poultry on Ge orgia farms January 1, ~1957 wa~ . ....
$147,535,000 compared with $134,846,000 one year ago. Percentage cha.Pges in valuation from a year ago are as follows: sheep up 46 percent, hogs 23 percent, and .'': cattle eight percent. The value of horses and mules declined eight percent .. There
was little change in the value of chickens and turk.eys~ . _Chickens declined ,.-5 . p~r"" '..-
cent and turkeys .3 percent.
Valuation in thousands of dollars, by species of livestock .in order of rank for 1957
B.fld 1956 r-espectively, are: Cattle.. $9:5,852 and $89-,034; Hogs $33,389 and $27, 107+. ;
Chickens ..$9,415 and $9,466; Horses and mules $7,626 and $8,280; Sheep and Lambs $939 \
arct $644; and 'turkeys $314 and .$315. . - .
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~!~'lli!~TIQtJ_Qf_QE.QRG~A LIVE,!QQ1LY41JJ~~~!_!fi:NDS _ON l<~RiV!S _: .
(Percent of total vB.lue of l:i.vestook - January 1, 1957) . . .
UNIVERSITY 0 ~ GEORGiA ~. .. . -
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.FEB..
2
.
0:;57.-:
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Hogs $33,389,000
22. 6~~
! ..
F} Sheep and Lambs
' $939,000 - . 6%
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.._. . ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Ch arge
-- ... -- --- ----- ---. -- ,._ -~ -.... '
. Cattle $95,852,009
65.0%
r
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'\lliLLIA:rvl Et KIBLER . . .,: Agricultural Statistician
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-:~ _,, -::. -,_.. . .- January -1; 19U8 .. 1957 Revised Estima,tes
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--Y-ear--~--- ~~i~~ - --~~~t:~i- --~~:~;~~::'>r n:~; -l---st~-J--;~:~-J-~(~~!~!!i~J;u~k~~:
And
Older Kept , 1 .And.. ,. , , . Pigs Lambs Mules
Broilers)
__ - --------- --- ____ 9~1ye2__ ___ f~!' Mi~k---~ __Q_],_~~L-- - ---- .---- ---~- __
__ - --- - -
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.. 1,000 Head - ...
< ''
.;.
1948 .,.' . ,, . .1067
372
1949 ; . ,' . ' 982 . 350
' 1950 ' .1040
364
1951
1113
364
19:52> '1247 . 364
212
1654
192
1588
193
1667
232
1800
282 . 1908
12 292
10 277
9 257
10
241~
11 215
.8282 -
79$7 . -8116 8029 8298
1953 . 1422
357
375
1698
14 192
7795
1954
1564
353
1955 . . 1627 - 346
' 1956 : 1562
332
1957 .1546
329
452
1443
17 166
7944
518
1472
21 150
853'2
517
1663
46 138
8231
512
1730
61 1/ 123
8559
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1/ Includes 12,000 lambs on feed.
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ANNUAL LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY INVENTORY - - ~ JANUARY 1, 1957
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The combined livestock and poultry inventory on farxns and ranches of the Nation. ~S.
of January 1, 1957 showed a net decline of 3 percent from 1956, and was 9 percent below the all-time peak established on January 1, 194L~. The decline this year in
overall numb ers was the result of reduced inventories for each of the livestock
species. Compared with January 1, 1956 cattle were down 2 percent; hogs, down 5 percent; sheep, down 1 percent; and horses and mules, down 9 percent. Chicken and turkey inventories increased 3 and 17 percent, ~espectively, but this buildup
in poultry was not sufficient to offset the decline in livestock.
In evaluating the species by an index based on their economic importance, meat animals (cattle, hogs and sheep) were down 2 percent; workstock was down 9 percent; cattle kept for milk (cows, heifers and calves) were doW-n 1 percent; and poultry
was up 3 percent.
The number of cattle and calves on January 1, 1957 was down 2 percent or 1.6
million head, and the total at 95.2 million head shows the first decline since 1949.
Current inventories are the lowest since 1953. The total inventory includes 6.1
million head on f~ed for market, an increase of 219,000 head or 4 percent over 1956
and the largest number of record. Compared with January 1, 1956, all classes of
cattle showed decreases.; . : . .
Hogs and pigs on farms January 1, 1957 were down 5 perc ent from 1956 and the total
at 52.2 million head reflects the cut in the 1956 pig crop. On a classification basis, hogs and pigs under 6 months of a&8 are down 2 percent and hogs 6 months old or older are down 10 percent. Market hogs over 6 months old on January 1, 1957 (excluding sows and gilts saved for breeding) number-ed 10.5 million head, down 2 million head or 16 percent from the preceding year's inventory, The number of sows
and gilts at 8.4 million head this year l-7as down 2 percent from the 8.6 million
head on January 1, 1956 in line with farmers' reported intentions to cut 1957
spring farrowings by 2 p~rcent.
Sheep and lamb numbers declined 1 percent during 1956 and the January .1,- 1957 num-
ber at 30. 8 million head was the smallest since 1951. The number of sheep and
lamps on f(3ed at the. beginning of this year totaled 4.5 million head, up 5 percent
from 1956 and the highest since 1948. Stock sheep numbers at 26~4 million head on
January 1, 1957 were dow 2 .Percent or 642,000 head from 1956. . .
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Inventories of h;rses and mules dropped 370,000 head, or 9 percent during 1956 and the January 1, 1957 numb er at 3~6 million head was the lowest on record The number of horse and mule colts under 2 years of age on January 1 at 194,000 head
was down 3 percent from 1956 but was still only 5 percent of total numbers, and
too small to check the downtrend in horse and mule numbers.
Chickens on farms January 1, 1997, (excluding commercial broilers) totaled 393 million birds, an increase of 3 percent from a year earlier, but 10 percent below
average. Pullets were up 5 percent and hens down 2 percent.
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A(i81CUL TURAL MARKETING SERVICE . .
Georgia
FEB 2 2 '57 '
GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL EXTENS.ION SER'!iCE
February 20, 1957
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR ORG!~ROO~IERC L AREAS
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During the week ending February 16 comnercial h atcheries placed 5,155,000 chicks
with bro:j..ler producers in Georgia corrunerci al areas, This compares with the
5,191,009 placed the previous week and is 17 percent more than the 4,415,000 placed
the
same i week )
last
.
y e a. r .
Eggs
1
set by
lo~al
hatcheries
amounted
to
6,596, 000
compared
with
6, 6o5, 000
for
the
previous ,week and is 18 percent gre ater than the 5,587,000 for the corresponding
"!eek last year.
Uatcheries repo'rted prices paid for hatchj.ng e,ggs during the week at an average of
55 cents per dGz en. Average pric e charged by h atcheries for the chicks was reporteq
at $10.00 per hundred. The s e price s compare with 56 cents and $10. 50 for the pre- ' vious week an:d vJith 85 cents and $15o50 one ye ar ago. Egg prices shown relate to
Georgi a produced hatching eggs whether b ought on contract or othertiii.se.
Weighted average prices from the Federal~St at e Harket News Service for broilers
during the week ending Februm7 16 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2~- ... J~
pounds; at farms 18.44~ ; FOB plants 19.47.
(See r ever se side for other states)
j GEORGIA . CiilCK.W-.CENENT~J3Y-1~~B~;;. ~E!!&~~J?E~~E~J!!~ -l$_,_b956 TERquqH FEB]..J:lARY J:? .195 7
Date i ;Eggs
Chi cks Hatched J:.l 1 Inshipments i 'ota1 Placed
I I ~ eek'L
!
1
195T 5...~hS~~eo~t?u5&s .5. 7an1I ~P1ls 9a5c1$e;h:d5c,9ui.ns:_a:!nG;9d.e$so.~rg~.7ia
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l~55-o5fi!Chli9c56k7s.1
Thous ands
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~955o_n:?6F~ar1m95s6-..5J_
Th our<:ncis
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I l Dec. 15 i 4,901 5,909
3,010 3,812
600
Dec. 22 4,916 6,106 1 3,123 3,846
701
I 455 : 3,610 4,267
470
3,824 4, 316
Jan.Dec. 29 j 5,0L(6 6,081
5 i 5,o85 6,162
Jan. 12 1 15,149 . 6,38
Jan. 19 J 5,342 6,455
j
1
I 1
3,127 3, 38o
3, ;322 3, 423
3,219 3,986
4,2 81 4,348
j 638
i. 617 673
670
313
3, 765 3,532
l..l
429
3,997 4)415
482 l 3,995 4, 763
484
4,093 4,832
Jan. 26 1 ,5,380 6,595 . 3,492. 41 640 . 709
520
! Feb.. 2 . 5,473 6,63 6
Feb, 9 5,617 6,6o5 Feb. 16 1 }.;.5q7 . 6~.5.~6.
3,599 4,646 1 966
523
. l .
33 607 3:.106
, 4,647 ~. s~
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8Q8
zo.9
544 4~7
4,201 5,160 4,565 5,169 4,415 '5,191 4.415.~-
~~ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into stc.tes outside of . Ge orgia.
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
sTATE
Maine
Connecticut
Pernsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
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Delaware
'\J Maryland
I
Vii~ginia
i. West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
GEORGIA
Florida
. Alaba;na
Hississippi
- Ar k .. -~ ansas Lou i s i a n a
Texas
vlashington
Oregon
Calif~rnia
. TOTAL 1956-57
TOTAL 19.55-56
1956-57 as % of 1955-56
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EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN .COlvJlVIERCIAL AREAS. BY WE.ZKS .,. 1956-57
Page 2.
. . . Feb. . Feb. . Feb.
2
9
16
EGGS SET - THOUSAI~DS
.......
Dec. 15
...
. Week Ending
Dec. Dec.
22
29
. Jan.
5
. Ja"l . Jan.
12
19
CHICKS PLACED - THOUS~~DS
. Jan. Feb.
26
2
Feb. . Feb.
9
16
,,
(~ "'f
I I
I
1,165 984
962
I 1,545
. j
401 1,591
! 2, 032
!
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2,057 1,886
I I
I
370 2,600
j 443
I 6, 636
I
t 478
I '
!
2,144 1,767
3,099
422
2, 719
402
311
1,246
1,227 1,006
1,234 1,667
404 1,695 2, 176 2,156 1,873
363 2,640
340 6,605
551 2,272 1, 775 2,9 24
442
2,575 380 259
1, 246
1,274 971
1,254 1,721
435 1,563 2, 076 2,189 1,982
378 2, 6.33
474 6,596
476 2, 269 1,764 3,117
414
2,629
304 317 1,184
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1 i 891
546
636
715
197
484
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1,735 1,16_1)
I : 1,164
I !
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493 1,208
; i 302
11 4, 267
i.' ! ;
. I!
248 1,688
]! 1; 142
I 1 1,826
1. 268
! I 1, 844
Ii~ .I'
201 169
1 1 Boo
949 478 701 756 129
415 1,774 1,394 1,131
512 .
1, 303 293
1.:,316
187 1,523 1,053 1 , 9 82
264 1,944
199 162
713
867 410
472
582 130
344 1, 471 1.,063 . 842
288
964 192 3 , .532
167 1,271
833 1, 449
198 1,385
215
90
706
980 544 695 626 136 510 1,817 1,496 ' 1,165 .
l . 350 ' 1 ,296 ._
. 298
4. 415 222
1, 791 1, 116
1,973 299
1,998 178 118 840
925 492 613 790 119 494 2,032 1,444 1,211 469 1,361 290 4_,_763
208 1,847 1,202 2,053
335 2,168
J-90 111 848
989 425 592 712 140
543 2,040
1,557 1,242
452 1,383
295
-. 4 . 83~ 208
1,783 1, 322 1,981
290
?,103 146 170 868
967 518 689 693 137 495 - 2,0_[_' ,,:).,
1,615 1,357
446 1,384
2~
5,160
208 2,080 1,275 2, 118
303 2, 254
211 140
879
880
519 648 898 136
593 2,140
1;355 1,340
466 1, 521
274 5, 169
231 2,004 1,302 2, 328
315 2,179 .
20( 209
938
909 595 774 ~h3 l 56 616
1 , 88 ~
1,528 1:,223
483 1,,43.8
302 5,191
249 1, 992 1, 463 2,2 28
3.32 2,451
229 192
984
923 499 722 656 193
'' 582 ,1, 859 l, uo9 1,122
471 1,514
30 j
5~155
212
2,047 1,398 2,2 21
344 2,246
239 143 926
I I
35,260 32,648
35,810 33,2 24
36, 020 33, 293
,1 l 121,989
il
! I
! )20,505
22,178 17,471 20,737 . 20,584
22,863 21,18,3
23,965 24, 073 21,250. 20,700
25~279
22,062
25, 652 22,797
26,066 23, 350
25,184 23 , 647
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tr 108
108
108 :: I, 107
107
85
108
llJ
116
115
113 I 112
106
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORG IA
1956 CALF CROP REPORT
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GEORGIA: The 19.56 calf crop for Georgia is estimated at 671,000-head--2 percent below the 19.5.5 crop of 683,000 head but 40 percent above the 191+5-5.4
average crop of 479,000 calves.
The nurrber of calves born in 19.56 represents 79 percent of the cows and heifers 2 years old and over on farms January 1, 19.56 and is the same as for 195.5. Cows and. heifers two years old and over on farms 0'anuary 1, 1956 totaled 849,000--2 percent below the 864,000 on hand for the previous year.
UNITJ?D STA~ The calf crop in 1956 totaled 42,317,000 head, down less than 1 percent from the 1+2,.566,000 head born in 19.55. The 1956 calf crop
was 16 percent larger than the 1945-.54 average. The decrease in the calf crop during the past year resulted from a decline in cows and hel fers 2. years old and over during the year. The number of all cows and heifers 2 years old and over r:-r, January 1, 19.56 was 48,729,000 head--l ,~rcent less than the number on hand a year earlier. Cow slaughter continued high during 1956 and cow herds were r educ ed during the year in all regions, except the South Atlantic area.
The number of calves born in 1956 expressed as a percentage of cows and heifers 2 years old and older on January 1, 1956 was 87 percent -- the same as the previo~.s year, and 3 percentage poj_nts above the 10-year average of 84 percent. This pe::.~
centage is not strictly a calving rate since the January 1 inventory of cows a.~1d
heifers . 2 years old and older does not include all the heifers which gave birtr,
to calves during the year. The percentage is calculated to show the trend in productivity over a: long period of time. It, may fluctuate from year to year d~w.
to variations in cow slaughter and trends in breeding herd r eplacements.
In the South Central State s~ the calf crop is estimated at 10,973,000 head compared with 11,031,000 in 19.5.5. The numb er of all cows and heifers 2 years old and
older on January 1, 19.56 totaled 13,056,000 head -- a decrease of 1 percent from 19.55. The calf crop expressed as a percentage of all cows and heifers 2 years ~,:_d and older was 84 percent -- unchanged from 1955. Texas, the l oading cattle pr o~~
ducing State, showed 4,113,000 calves born-- 2 percent below the 4,200,000 head ,
born in 195.5. The numb er of cows and heifers 2 years old and older on January .l, 19.56 in Texas was 4,728,000 head~- 2 percent below 195.5.
In the South Atlantic States, th e calf crop was 3,305,000 head -- l ess than 1 pe~ cent ab ove the previous year. The numb er of cows and heifers 2 years old and o~Q8l on January 1, 19.56 totaled 4,2.52,000 head ~8 only slightly smaller than a year.
Jenrlier. The calf crop was 78 percent of the number of cows and heifers 2 years old and older on January 1, 1956.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
WILLIAM E. KIBLER Agricultural. Statistici.an
CAIJF CROP REPORT, 19.56
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Cow--s. ~a~nd-.-h-e-if-ers---:C-a-l-v-es--b-or-n--as--p-er-c-e-nt--of
State : .
Calves born :
2 yrs. & older :cows and heifers 2 yrs-.&-
and ::livision
::"l=~y-r-. -:'o:---:-----:1=0---v-r.-: -~l~L: l___
:older. January : 10-yr.:
1 . 1/ .
:
_
: aforage: 19.5.5 : 19.56 : aver;ge: 19.5.5 : 19.56 :average: 19.5.5 : 1956
--. __;___:)9455/t= .
=-~- -=--~2.:24:
:
:1916-.54:
:.
1,000 1,000
---head head
_ -- - 1,ooo 1,ooo 1,ooo t,uoo ~ ,.
.
.h...e..,a..,d_ h--e-..a...d...
h o. ~ ad
head
Percent ...
Percent -P-o-r-c:-8--n-t-
l'iaine
110 11.5
115 130 132 132 84
87
87
.T .H.
60 64
6.3
72
73
74 83
87
8.5
7t.
238 271
268
299
j~3
327 80
84
82
::ass.
107 109
106 13h 123 12.5 80
8.5
8.5
I
:onn.
16 16 98 102
16
21
19
19 80
101 122 122 120 81
84
82
84
84
::. y.
1,233 1,341+ 1,346 l,4Lr6 1,527 1,51+7 8.5
88
87
' .123 129 '
130 1.56 161 . 161 78 .
80
81
863 936
9.53 l,Ol9 1,1~--1~,....,12_1_ _8.;..5____8~4_ _ _8_:;-:-'_
E. At~~----~~ 2, 849 _ 3, 086---~~-0_9~ 33 399 ~,_.599 _2.::...6' _2_6_ _83_____86____8.5_
Chio
990 1,021 1,023 1,160
!nd. '
8Lf8 890
873 9.53
:11.
1,282 1,380 1,363 1,448
llf.ich,
877 848
847 1, 02.5
------- Wis.
2,254 2,4.52 2,Lf89 . 2,50.5
E. N. Cent. 6,251 6,.591 ~,.59~,_1_090
1,1.73 1,162 1,000 981 1,.516 1,402
998 996
2,6-6.5 -2-,676
7,3.52 _]_,297
8.5
87
88
89
89
89
89
91
92
86
8.5
85
90- - -9-2 - -9-3 -
88
90 90
J.~'Ji nn,
Iowa
1,590 1, 702 l, 730 1, 76~ 1,990 1;997
1Io .
1,.534 1,810 1,793
N. Dak,
?20 89.5
913
3. Dak.
1, 082 1, 492 1,393
Nebr.
1,48.5 1,792 1,777
_K,_an_s_._____. 1,448 ~66~__2~_633
1, 764 i, 830 1, 81.~0 . 90
1,9h2 2~11fo 2,o8o 91
93 . 9h
93
96 .
1,701 2,011 1,970 90
90 ' . 91 ..
. 822 98U 1,026 88
91
89
1, 239 1,.587 1, 639 87
94 85 .
1,680 2,036 . 1,901 88
88
93
1,~h7_1,937 _1, 7~_L:_,__s_s____s_6___9_1_
w_.N. C ent~ . 9,62111,347 11 ,23~10, 79.5___E_,_5_2_5___J_.2_.,_2.5_o. __s_-9________9_1___. _9__2__,...._
~ Cent_._ _l_.5i871_~7 ,93~L 17,831 17 z.8~:....;:5~8..:.7..:..7__;;;;1~9..::,.5;.;.;:4~7--8:..9_,---__.;..9_0_ _..;.9_1_,
LGl.
. 32 . 36
34
l_fl
4.5
43 79
79
80 .
lVId .
220 264
2.59 262 311 308 84
8.5
8h
Va, "irT, Va. N'. C.
~. c. .
546 6.50
266 293 31~1 444 18'3 259
6h7 . 661 281 316
4.55 4Lf9 273 . 242
. 803 341
.576 34.5
779 83 310 84
.576 76 346 75
81
83
86
82 -
77
79
7.5
79
1a,
479 683
671 . 631 861+ 849 76
79 ; 79
--------- - -- ______ --- F=_La_.____4_8_o__6_61
68?
z~~~,OOl 1,008
S~ Atl.
2,.5Lf8 3, 290 3, 305 3, 352 Lf, 286 4, 2.52
._.___.
:,..__
64
7.5
... ._
66 -~ 6~
7'7' .: . 78 . . ~
"K;';eyn. n.
Ala,
7Lf4 886
876 803 995 995 86
- 89
ss
7.50 900 59o so9
. 888
872 1~0h6 1,032 86
. s21.. , ,776 l,o5i_ 1, o.52 76
8n 6
86 ?8
Miss,
714 1,028 1,074 1,002 1:,408 1,432 71
73 -?5
J:.rk.
580 703
710 719 890 887 81
79
80
La .
671 966
949 . ' 899 . 1,16.4 i,213 75
83
78:
Okla.
1,.322 1~539 1;545 1,.52.7 l, 769 1, 717 86
87 . 90
Texas S. Cent.
- 3,849 4,200 4,113 4,771 4, 828 4,728 . 81 -~--
9, 221 11,031 10,973 11,430 13,1.51 .13, o56 . 8o
87
87
84
8h
Mont.
8.52 1,141 1,164
9.5.5 1,214--1-,-2-38---~8-9-~----9-4------94---
'Idoho
395 . 542
.5Lf6 h66 602 600 84
90
91
Wyo. Colo.
439 483 742 - 828
4 76 .533 .568 . .553 82
790
870~- ~ 920
908 85
85
86
90
87
If. Mex.
.548 .579
60.5 690 689 729 80
Bh
83
;_ d z ,
361 377
367 471 477 46.5 77
79
79
Gtah
258 331
313 311 364 364 82
91
86
]ev.
216 260
236 284. 317 314 76
82
7.5
'{ash.
403 .504
482 482 .560 .561 Slf
90
86
Cl::-og,
481 619
608 .596 728 724 So
_8"-".l_i_f_._ _ _1,.:2_4.._0_1~,:..::.'.;:;_'7 l. 523 1' 59_,6_ _1'"'--=7_69 1' 792 82
85
84
88
8.5
vi_e_s-'-_~,_____,:.5:...:':.9=--=-3~4......;.7,k,2_2~1~___:.7~,~l1::;.::0:..__7!...I,.::l..:6..:3~~8, 208 8, 2L1.8 83
8 8
8 6
u. s.
36,423 42,.566 42,317 43,229 49,121- 48-,729 ," ":-~1+
87
87
1/ Not strictly a calvipg .r ate. Figure repres ent~ calves born expressed as
parcontage of the January 'l inventory of cows and heif~rs. 2 years old and over on cTarmary l and not the number of all cows and heifers giving birth to calves durir.& the year,
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
>() 7
FEB ~ B. '57
13
~57 UNITED STAT OEPAfHMENT
E0S~
, AGRICULTURE
GIBO0~RJGTIAJ .
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U eRARI A~RIC L TURAL
.....,. ETING
SERIIG
,(!fro-jJ &epurtvno ci~rv-tcP/
; LINIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
::.7
GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE OF AGRICUL TIJRE
EXTENSION SERVIE
.; '
Fcbrtw.ry 21, 1957
. BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS
. - ......-- -~
.... - - ~..--..- p- ~ -~---- ~-- -~-~ "-
uring th.e we ek ending February 23 c-ommercial hatch eri e s plac ed .5, 137,000 chj.cks
d.th 'Qroi;l er prodq.c ers in Ge orgia commercial ar eas. This compares with the
,1.5.5;ooe, plac ed the previous week and j.s 21 perc ent more than the 4,2.56,000 plac ed
ihe sqme :week f- ast year.
;ggs $et ~y local h atcherie s amounted to 6,.587,000 compare d -vr.i.th 6,)96,000 for the
or evious .week .tmd is 14 p ercent great er than the .5, 7.58, 000 for the corre sponding
~eek l ast: ye ar~
,...,...
atcheries r eported pric e s paid for hatching eggs during the week at an aver age of
54 c E;nts. per doz en. Av er age pric e charge d by hatcherie s for the chicks was r e port
ed at $9.7.5 per hundred, The s e pric e s compare with .5.5 c ents c.nd $10,00 for the previous wciek and tdth 8.5 cents and $1.5 .50 one yoar ag o. Egg pric e s shoWn r el at e
to Ge drgia produc e:d hatching eggs whet her bought on contract or oth erwis e .
Weighted av er age pric e s from the Federal~ State Mark et News Ser vic e for broilers
during the week ending February 23 are a s follows: Nor th Ge orgia broilers 2~ - 3! pounds; at f ar ms 17. 98; FOB plants 19, 00.
(S ee r evers e side for othe r s tat e s)
.! / 1 GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS - PERI OD DECE~ffiER 22, 1956 THROUGH FEBRUARY 23,19.5
Dat e . _.__._.;-Eg"g;---~Chick.;-fr;t;hed
In;hj_~m;nts ~-~---Tot; lPlaced-
' vleek
Se t
Place d in Geor gi a I of Chicks
on Far ms
-En-din-g
19.5.5-.56:1956-57
-- 19--5-5....-56:1956-.5_7 _..,..,j_1__955-56: 19)6..57 -----.~---
..........,.... _. _ ~----....
19_5_5-_5_,.6___:195--6---.-5--7r
Thousands
Dec, 22 4,916
Dec. 29 5', 046 Jan. 5 .5:,085 Jan. 12 I' 5,11+9
Jan, 19 5,342
6,106 6, 081 6,162
. 6,386
~ 6,45.5
Th ousands
I .Thous ands
l 3,123 3,8h6 1 701 470
3,127 3,219 l 638 313
3, 380 3,322
34,'
986 281
.
!. l !
617 673
429 482
3, 423 4, 348 1 670
h8L.
Th ousands
3,824 3,765 3,997 3, 995 4,093
4, 316 3,532 4,41.5 4,763 4, 832
Jan. 26 .5,3 80 . 6,595
3,492 4,640
709 .520
4, 201 .5' 160
Feb. 2 .5 ,473 6, 636
3,.599 h,646
966 523
4, 56.5 .5 , 169
Feb. 9 .5,617 6,605
3, 607 4, 647 . 808
.54L~
4,415 5,191
____________ feb, ,16 .5,.587 6,.596
3, 7o6 4, 668 ! 7o9 h87
4,415 .5,1.55
Feb. 23
,..------
.5,7.58
6,58__7........_ ~ ~,2~~- 4,6~6-: j_ ~~~-~-- 48~- -
- -~!.~~~- -~_!~~~
Y Exclusive of hatchings shipped into st.ates outside of Georgi a
. ,. .
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultur al St&tistician
'
ARCHIE LANGLEY
'Agricult-q;r al Statistician In Charge
--------------~-------E_G_GS_S_E_T. _A_N_D_CHICKS PLACE~ IN CO:Mf.1ERCIAL ARE.t'{S t .BY 1rv"EEKS .- 1956-57
::
V.Teek Ending
Page 2.
STATE
Feb.
Feb . : Feb. _ :: Dec.
Dec.
J&~ . : J an.
J an.
J an.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
. .
9
16
23
EGGS SET - TH OUSANDS
:.-.:..---2-2-------2-9-------5C-H-IC-K-S--P.-1LA2-C-E-D-.--.-T-H1-O9-U-SA-1-m-S--26--------2----- 9
16
23
Maine
1,227 1,274 1,012
949
867
Connecticut
'1,006
971 1,016
478
410
Pennsylvania
'1,234 1,254 1,124
701
472
Indiana
1,667 1, 721 1, 712
756
582
Illinois
1 404
435
513
129
130
MiBsouri Delaware
Maryla~d
:1,695 2,176 :2,156
1,563 2.076
2:189
I 1,554
2,197
I
415 1,774
2,245 1,394
344 1,471 1,063
Virginia West Virginia
! 1,873 1,982 2,125 1,131
! 363
378
394 . 512
842 288
North Ce.:::-olina South Carolina
GEORGIA ..
}
2. '
640 340
1
1
p. 605
-..F-lo_r_id__a--------t-- 551
2,633 474
6,r:;96
476
2,628 471
6. 587
h35
1,303 293
4.316
187
964 192 3,532
167
Alabama
~ 2, 272 2,269 2,348 I 1,523 1,271
Mississippi
Arkansas Louisiana . Texas .
\eJashington
!
1,775 2,924
442
2,575
380
1,764 3,117
414 2,629
304
1,714 3,185
394 2, 743
318
I 1,053 1,982
i 264
1 1, 944
l 199
833 1, 449
198 1, 385
215
Oregon
259
i California
1,246
---------- ~-------------- +~ -------
I TOTAL 1956-57
35 , 810
317 1,184 36,020
248 i 162
90
1,255
713
706
----~--~--~-
36,2l8 ,.22, 178 17, 471
TOTAL ~955-56
l 33,224 33,293 34,351 20,737 20,584
1956-57 % of 1955-56 108
108
105 1I 107
. .
..
.
t
1
85
l
I
980 544 695 626 136 510 1, 817 1,496 1, 165 350 1,296 298 4.h15 222 1,791 1,116 1,973 299 1,998 178 118 8hO
22,863
21, 183
108
:925
h92 613 790 119
494 2,032 1,444 1,211
469
~,36 1
290
4"763
2os
1,847 1,202 2,053
335 2,168
190 111 8h8
989 h25 592 712 140
543 2:, 040
1, 557 1,242
452 1 , 3 83
295 4, 832
2J8
1:,783 1,322 1,981
290 2,103
146 170 868
23,965 24,073
21,250 20,700
113 ' 116
967 518 689
693 137
L~9 5
2,055 1, 615
1, 357 446
1 , 3 84 295
5 , 160
208 2,080 .
1,275 2,118
-303
2,254 211
140 879
880
519 648 898 136 593 2,140
1, 355 1,340
466 1,521
274 5,169
. 231
2;004 1;302 2, 328
315 2,179
207 209 93 8
25 ,2 79 25 g652
22,062 22,797
115
113
909 595 774 843 156 616 1,888
1,528 1,223
483 1,438
3C2 5,191
249 1;992 1,463 2,228
332 2,451
229 .
192 98&
923
902
499
576
722
584
656
765
1$3
152
5,82
624
1, 859 . . 1,602
1,409 . 1,418
1,.122 1,221
471
459
1,514 1,534
303 . 322
5 ,155 5.137.
212
269
2;047 2,033
1:,398 1,372
2,221 2, 354
344
382
2,246 2,188
239
265
143
187
926
827
26,066 25 , 184 25, 173 23,350 23,647 23,743
112
106
106
UfJI~D:S!TY OF GEORGIA
MAR 8 '57
~~_!CE REPqR~.~S.OF F~~UARY 15.~ 1957
QEORGI~~ The Ali Commodity Ind ~x of Prices Received by Georgia farmers increas ed
5 points during the month ended February 15. At the present level t ;:J.e
Index is 248 percent of its January 1910 - December 1914 average and is 2'poin t s above the level reported in February 1956.
The All Crops Index at 271 percent of its 1910 ~ 1914 average is up 6 points ~rom the previous month. Slightly higher prices for cotton lint, cottonseed, soyb.eans; sweet potatoes and grains \'Jere primarily responsible for this .increase.
The All Livestock and Livestock Products Index at 203 percent of its 1910 - 1914 average reflects an increase of 2 points during the month. Farmers were r ecei:,-:.ng slightly higher prices for their chickens and beef cattle during the month c Thes increases were off..set to some extent by lower prices for hogs, wholesale milk and eggs.
!!!r!TED STATES: The Index of Prices Received by Farmers declined 4 points (2 per., cent) during the month ended February 15. Declines wer e r epo~te d
for most commodities, led by hogs, tomatoes, lettuce, milk and potatoes. Hi.f('lE.':' prices for oranges, chickens, and some cormnercial vegetables were only par tL<:ll.'.y offsetting. The February Index at 234 percent of its 1910-14 average conpo.red \:it.i 238 in January and with 227 a year earlier.
A general increase in prices of both living and production goods lifted the I ndex of Pric es Paid by Farmers for Commodities aqd Services, including Interest, Taxes, and V:age Rat es (the Parity Index) nearly 1 percent during the month. Prices of f ood , fe eder livestock, and motor supplies contributed most to th e increas e, ~hiR advance established a nm-J all-time high for the Parity Index. In mid-February it
wa.s 5 perc ent higher than a year earli er.
With f arm product prices off nearly 2 perc ent this month, the Parity Ratio dr oppe d back to 80, the post..World 'tAJar II low point, first established in Novemb er 19) ;i.,
_ _ _ _ _____ _ _ _......,_.._s_u_mm__a,.r~.l.w..-.,.!-..ab_..,_el_~J-~-.r.,._. ,t_h,_e.._._,_u_m_..--~-e...d. _S_t_a_t_e_s,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ ..,
Indexes 1910-14 = 100
Feb. 15, 1956
Jan. 15,
. Feb. 15,
Record high
1957 . . : 1957
fnctex - - -D~te ~ -
-----------------~----------
Prices Rec eived
227
238 .
234
Feb. 19.51
Parity Index ,1/
280
292
2,94
Feb. 19:;7
Parity Ratio
81
82
80
Oct. 1946
1./ Prices Paid, Inter est, Taxes, and Wage Rat es.
ARCHIE LANGLEY . Agricultural Statistician In Charge
\rJILLIAH E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician
COMli/DDITY .AND UNI'r ..
Wheat, Bu.
PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FEBRUARY 15 1957 WITH COMPliBISONS
f GIDRGIA .Average . , Feb 15, Jan.15, Feb.15,
an. 1910 - 1956
1957 1957
'!Jp". 1 Cl14
$
1.23
1.93
2.04 2.09
UNITED STATES
'.
.Average . Aug. 1909l.r,'f 1q14
.88
Feb.15, 1956
1.95
Jan1~, Feb.1 5
-- 1957 1957 f-'-- - ---
2.09 2.07
Qorn, Bu.
$
.91
1.15
1.24 )..30
.64
1.18
1.23 1.19
Oats, Bu.
,.
$
Irish Potatoes, Cwt. $
Sweet Potatoes, .Cwt. $
Cotton, Lb.
.67 5.25 5.10 12.1
.84
----
4~55
34.3
.86
-
4.?5
32.6
.87
--~ .....
5.00
33.4
.40
1.14 .
~~~ -
1.60
12.4
.62 - 1.88
3~57
31.0
.75 ' 'I~ . '
. 1~56
1...41
4.67 ' ' 4. 73
30.2 30.2 .
Cottonseed, Ton Hay (baled), Ton Hogs, per cwt. Beef Cattle, cwt.
$ 23.65
$ --
$
7.36
$
3~96
45.00 25.40 12.40 n.2o
49.00 25.00 16.20 11.90
50.00 24.60 16.00 12.10
22.55
-
7.27
5._4Z
46.20 21.20 12.00 14.0,0
60.40 22.90
58.60
;
22.50
. 17.30 16.-30
14.90 14.98
Milk Cows, Head Chickens, Lb. Eggs, Ibz. Butterfat, Lb.
$ 33.85 13.3 . 21.4 25.8
100.00 20.0 49.5 51.0
110.00 105.00 16.5 18.0 46.0 43.0 51.0 51.0
49.18 ll.4 21.5 26.3
148.00 21.0 40.2 57.3
155.00 157.00 17.1 18.4 33.2 32 .8 59.1 59.0
1.1 Milk (Wholesale) per 100# Soybean~, Bu.
$
2.43
$ ----
Peanuts, Lb.
5 . 2
_l} Pre liminary for February 1957.
.5.90
6.oo 5.95
2.40
2.25 2.35
10.9
10.7 10.8
. * Revised
1.60
--
4.8
4.14* 2.25 11.8
4.44. 4.34 2.31 2.25 11.1 ll;l
= Th"DEX NTJlti3ERS OF PRICES RECEIVED p;y FA!MERS)IN GEORGIA
\January 1910 - December 1914 100
.
Feb. 15, J'an. 15, ~-Feb. 15,
1956
1957
1957
All Commoditie s
246
243.
248
All Crops Grain and Hay Cotton Lint
271
26 5*
271
142
149
153
282
268
276
Peanuts Tob acco
210
206
208
3 62
383. - 383
Cot tonseed and Soyb e ans
188
203
209
Irish Potatoe s, Swee t Potatoes,& Cowpeas 2 44
271
281
Fruit s and Nuts
233
179.
179
All Live stock and Livestock Products
1 98
201
203
.Me at Animals
213
.. 250.
254
Poultry and Eggs Dairy Products
165
'144
146
232
235
237
*Re v i s e d
.", ''
PRI C~S PAID BY FARMERS FDR SELECTED FEEDS FEBRUARY 1 5
1957 WITH COMPARISONS 1/
. GEDRG!A ...
. ...
I
TJNITED Sl'ATES
KI ND OF FEEE
Feb. 15, Jan. 15,
1956
1957
Feb. 15, 1957
I
Feb. 15, Jan. 15,
I
1956
1957
Feb . 15, . 1 957
Mixed Dai~ Fee d All Under ~9%"1lrot e in
Hi'fo Protein
~8% Prot ein 20% Protein 2., ~'% Prote in .. tli~h P rotein Feeds
d'9ttonsee d Meal S.Ciybe an Meal eat Scr ap
3.80 3.75 3.95 4 .do 4 .20
3.35 4.1..0 :oc5o
4 .00 3.95 4 .05 4 .15 4 .35
3.45 3. 90 4 .70
Ib llars Pe r 100 Pounds
'l .05
3 .o 5
4. 00
3. 60
4. 0 5
3.61
'4 .20
3.83
4.40
3.99
3. 45 _ 3. 80
4.75
J
3.76 " 3.92 -
4. 46
3. 86 3.80 3.79 4.04 4.13
3. 86 ;3 .85 4.63
3 .88 3 .83 3. 83 4 . 05 4 .14
3. 87 3 .87 4. 59
Grain Bv-Pro ducts
Bran Mi ddlings Corn Meal
3 . 30 3. 50 3. 65
3. 45 3 .65 3 . 55
3. 4 5 3.65 3. 55
2.87 2.96 3.33
3.08
3.14 3.48
3 .08
3 .13 3 . 46
Foul tr;z: Fe ed
Broiler Growing Mash Laying l!/.[ash Scratch Grains
5.00 . 4.75 4 .20
5.10 4 . 85 4 .30
5.20 4 . 85 4 . 40
4 .81 4 .36 3.93
1.93 4 .-19 4. 13
4 .96 4 .51 4 .ll
Ha;z: (Bale d)
Al f a l f a All Other
50.00 40.00
50.00 39.00
52.00 39.00
> .t 3-3':"'10 29.20
35.10 31.90
34 .70 31.60
)) As report ed b y Feed Deal ers.
.
U..'N,I.VE-RSITY
OF
.. '
GEORGIA
.. " ; .~ .
MAR 8 '57.
-.~7 ~~~;J1!~!R~ . GEOIR~GK AGR CULTURAL Li BRI\RiES M RKETING . ~=-=-----oEF'NICE
/
~~~~ dlffr21tCV UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
GEORGIA AGRICUI. TURAL
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
EXTENSION SERVICE
Athans, Georgia .
March 6, 1957
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA C011IMERCIAL AREAS
During the week ending March 2 corrrrnercial hatcheries placed 5, 077,000 chicks with
broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 5,137,000 placed the previous week and is 16 percent more than the 4,388, 000 placed the same week last year.
Eggs set by local hat.che.ries amounted to 6, 773,000 compared with 6,587,000 for the
previo~s week and is 14 percent greater tahh the 5,936,000 for the corresponding
~~~t~ar.
~
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of 52.5 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported .at $9. 75 per hundred. These prices compare with 54 cents and $9. 75 for the
previous week and with 85 cents and ~~15.50 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate
to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise,
vfeighted avel;"age pric.es from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers during the week ending March 2 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2-?t ... 3~c
?ounds; at farms 18.95; FOB plants 19.75.
(See reverse side for other states)
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY 1~TEEKS - PERIOD DECE}ffiER 29, 1956 THROUGH l1ARCH 2, 1957
Dat e Week Ending
Eggs Set 1955... 5 6 ; 1 9 5 6 - 5 7
1/ . Chicks Hatched
Inshipmonts
Placed in Georgia
of Chicks
1955-56:1956-57 1955-56: 1956-57
Total Placed on Farms
1955-56;1956-57
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Dec, 29 5, 0Lf6 6,081
Jan. 5 5,085 6,162
3,127 .3,219 3,380 3,986
638
313
617
429
Jan. 12 5,149 6,386
3,322 l..J.,28l
673
482
Jan, 19 5,342 6,455
3,423 4,348
670
484
Jan, 26 5,380 6,595
3,492 4,640
709
520
Feb, 2 5,473 6,636
3,599 4,646
966
523
Feb. 9 5,617 6,605
3,607 4,647
808
544
Feb. 16 5,587 6,596
3,706 4,668
709
487
Feb, 23 5, 758 6,587
3,656 h,656
600
481
11ar. 2 5,936 6, 773
3,812 h,652
576
h25
Y Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.
3,765 3,997 3,995 4,093 4,201
4,565 4, 1-J.l5 4,415 h,256 4,388
3,532 h,415 4,763 4,832 5,160 5,169 5,191 5,155 5;137 5,077
CARL 0. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician
, !
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
~
- EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN C'Ql\zU:iERCIAL AREA~BY \rJEEKS -:- 1956-57
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STATE
- - - -
Feb. 16
Feb. 23
. . . .
Har. 2
..: ..:
1.-Jeek Ending
Dec.
. . Jan. . :' Jan
-29 - 5
12
----.-
- - ----- Jan.
19
.. Jan. : Feb.
Feb.
26
.2 : 9
Feb. 16
. Feb.
l\1ar. ~
23
2
-
EGGS SET- THOUSANDS : :
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSAliDS
-~----
Maine
1,274 1,012 1,103
Connecticut
971 1,016 1,030
Pennsylvania
1,254 1,124 1,173
Indiana
1, 721 1,712 1,721
Illinois
435
513 478
Vl is s o u r i
1,563 1,554 1,602
...\' Delaware
-~
' IJ
Maryland
\ Virginia
2,076 2,189
1,982
2,197 2,107 2,245 2,383 2,125 2,011
'! Y.Jest Virginia
378
394 3h5
.North Garbliria
2,633 2,628 2,582
South Carolina
474
471 433
GEORGL4. Florida
6,596 476
6,587 6 773 I :f~. 9 .. 1 435 411
Alabama
2,269 2,348 2,353
Mississippi
1:,764 1:,714 1,701
Arkansas
f 3,117 3,185 3,247
Louisiana
414
394 428
Texas
2,629 2, 743 2,620
Washington
304
318 361
Oregon
317
248 346
California
- 1,184 1,255 1,447
TOTAL 1956-57 136,020 36 _, 218 36,655
867 410
472 582 130
344 1,471 1,063
842 288
964 192 . 3,53~.
167 1,271
833
1,449 198
1,385 215 90 706
980
544 695 626 136 510 1,817 1,496 1,165 350 1,772 298
4~415
222
1,791 1,116
1,973 299
1,998 178 118 840
17,471 23,339
925 '
492
613
790
119
494
2,032
1,444
1,2ll
. h69 1,82h
~'
290
. .427.63 .
208
1~847
1,202
2,053
335
2,168
190
111
848 .
989
967
425
518
592
689
712
693
140
137
543
495
2;040 2,055
1,557 1,615
1,242 1,357
452
446
1,970 1,913
295
295
4:,~3~ . 5:160
208
208
1,783 2,080
1,322 1, 275
1,981 2,118
290
303
2,103 2,254
146
211
170
140
868
879
880
519 648 898 136
593 2,140 1,355 1,340
466 2,115
274 5.?.16~ .
231 2,00h 1,302 2,328
315 2,179
207 209 938
909 595 774 843 156 616 1,888 1,528 1,223
483 1,959
302 5.191
249 If - 1,992
1,463 2, 22'8
33'2 2,451
229 192 984
24,1_~28 24,660 25,808 26,246 26,587
923 499 722 656 193 582 1,859 1,409 1,122 471 2,021 303 5,155
212 2,047 1,398 2,221
344 2,246
239 143 926
25,691
902 576 584 765 'i
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,, 152 ' 624 I 1,602 ' ' 1, 418
1~221
'' 459 \1 ;9.51
322 ' 5:13 -~
269 2,033 1,372 2,354
382 2,188
265 181_
827
963 510 689 792 211 610 1,811
1;373 1,214
498 1,934
308 5,_077
241 2;077 1:,403 2,260
399 1,958
281
149 814
25,592 25,572
tOTAL 1955.;.56
33,653 34,550 35,444
20,799 21,551 21,537 21,236 22,522 23,195 23 , 72b 24,120 24,268 24,480
195&.57% of 1955-56
107
105
103
I 84
lOS
~13
116
115 113
112
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107
105
104
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UN lVERSlTY OF GEORGIA
MAR 1 4 '57 ..
ACREAGE AND INDICATED PTIODUCTION
Of2_RINriTPA160Mr'1ERC IALcRoPSMARCH~ 1957 lUTED STATES: The production of vdnter vegetable crops for the 1957 season is now
estimated to be 13 percent less than in 1956 but only 4 percent be-
ow average, the Crop Reporting Board announced today. The largest reductions in reduction compared vdth last year are indicated for cabbage, lettuce, and carrots d.th significantly smaller output of celeryr'-beets, shallots, spinach, and lima eans expected. Partially offsetting these reductions are increases for winter vreet corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, cauliflower, artichokes, and eggplant. During Feb-
uary, winter crop prospects declined only 3 percent. This resulted primarily from
ower yields for celery, cabbage, and tomatoes partially offset by improvement in he snap bean and green pepper crops.
a f the early spring crops, for which a forecast of production has been made, a sig-
i ficant increase over last year for lettuce and cauliflm..rer and reduction in nion production is indicated. Early spring tomato acreage is down a fourth from .ast year. Prospective acreage of late spring and summer onions is considerably ,
hove the acreage harvested in 1956. Grower9 reported intentions point to a corn-
ined late spring and early summer watermelon acreage about 10 percent larger than .ast year.
Ear~ S,ES~ lettuce production {s tent:atively forecast at a record
high 6,7 3,000 cv~. which is 8 percent more than last year's large crop
one-fifth above average. Expansion in Arj_zona is responsible for the In tlorth Carolina, there will be a larger acreage for harvest this year han last when adverse weather caused some loss. Yield prospects there are ex,ellent at this time. Because of early winter drought, setting was delayed and ~he crop is a little late. Moisture is adequate at this time. In South Carolina, creage and production are down from last year. The crop is apparently a little ~ehind its usual stage of development at this date but is in good condition. In Georgia, lettuce is also a little late. Dry weather in January and early February rorced growers to irrigate extensively. Yield prospects are satisfactory. In ~rizona, conditions have been very favorable for the growth of lettuce and the cr op d.s in excellent condition. Warm weather has enabled the deal to open early. Movement from the Phoenix area has started and is expected to pick up rapidly but heavy movement is not scheduled until late March. While the bulk of the acreage d.s for April harvest, considerable acreage was seeded to mature in May. This yearts deal features acreage in new areas near Phoenix--the Aguila district and Harguho la Talley. There is a larger acreage of spring lettuce in California's Salinas-Wat -
~onville this year than in 1956 when adverse weather hindered planting. In the
valinas-Watsonville area, the acreage seeded in November and December totaled about
~' 900 acres, slightly more than the 4, 800 acres planted in this period the preced...
ng year, but well below the average of about 10,000 acres. The acreage that went during January was about normal but much larger than the very small acreage
seeded in that month last year. This suggests relatively light early season mar-
ketings t his year but they will be larger than in 1956. Weather has been favor-
able to date for lettuce. Harvest -.wi~L.$t.art in late March in a few early areas but will not be general until w:;ll into April.
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CABBAGE: According to preliminary estimates, a crop of 16,000 acr ~ s is in prospect this year in the early S~in~ Stat es. Acreage at this l evel is .
bel ow both last yearts and the 7-year average by 8 percent and 22 percent, r espec-
i vely. A considerable r eduction in acreag e for harvest from 1956 is indic at ed in both Georgia and Louisiana, No change is indicated in the other early spring States except Mississippi where a slight increase is estimated. Cabbage is in good condition in South Carolina where recent rains are getting the crop off to a good start. In Georgia, stands are r eported to be fru.r. Harvest is expected to star t one or two v1eeks later than normal as a result of earlier dry weather in the mhl!n pr oducing areas, Cold January weather in the import ant Breaux Bridge-Arnaudville are a of Louisiana damag ed th e crop considerably in that State. Some fi elds wer e pl owed under and new fields were planted in February, but this late setting was not enough to replac e all the acreage lost. A longer harvest s eason than usual is expected this year, Movement of the crop has started with he ads t ending toward small sizes. Harvest of the California spring crop will not begin until April,
The prospective acreage for harvest of late summer cabbage, at 19,850 acres, is
4 perc ent below 1956 and 14 percent below-average , Reductions from last year are
i n pros pect in all these States except Pennsylvania and Indiana wher e an increase i s ant icipated and Illinois and California wh er e no change is indicat ed.
wA~~~: Reports fr om growers on their intentions to plant indic at e 317, 300 acres of e arl~ ~!wat erme lons for harvest in 1957. This is 11
perc ent mor e acreage than was harvest ed last year and 10 perc ent above ave~ age . All 3tat es, except Mississippi, Louisiana, Arizona, and California, expect an i ncrease in acrea.ge over last year with Texas and Oklahoma accounting f or the maj ori ty of t he additional acre age. 'In most areas of south Texas, moisture conditions were f avor abl e in late February and planting was active. This favorable moisture condition developed too late for additional acreage to be planted in the Falfurrias and Rivier a dry land areas, but considerable increase is expected in the Pe arsall, ?l easanton, Stockdale acreage and some increas e in the Laredo, ltJinter Gar den, and ~agl e Pass irrigated ar eas is indicated. These areas have some ac:r>eage up to an even stand and will complet e their plantings in early Narch. The Pears all ar ea wil l have a fair siz ed irrigated acreage this year, and harvest is expecte d about the same time as the usual early production in the Falfurrias area. Conditions wer e f avorable for planting to start in Hempstead, Lockhart and other south central counties and most acreage in these areas will be plant ed by mid-Mar ch. Planting in centr al and . eastern counties will start in mid-March and continue into early Apr il . Temper atut es up to this period have been f avorable for all early plantings to get a good start.
J.n Oklahoma, soil moisture condition has b een good, and with anywh ere near normal ~r ecipit ation during March, conditions should be favorable for planting. Plantl;lg : s under way in south Georgia and will begin ab out mid-Mar ch in the central part of 1JL.~ State . Seed is r eported plentiful to dat e; with th e Charleston Grey indic ated as th-3- pr .u~ii>3.l v ar i8't.y in Georgia.
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Acreage and Indi~~~ed Pr~duction Re~~rted to D~te 1 1957 .w~t~.C~mEarisons
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ACREAGE
YIEI,D PER ACRE
PRODUCTION
GROP
AND
STATE
Average 1949-55
1956
Ind. 1957
Av.
49-55
19~6
Ind. Average 1957 1)49-55
1956
Ind. 1957
LETTUCE:
feIiS.Ering: North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Arizona, S.R.V. California
Group total
CABBAGE: 1/
~arly S,Eri~:
South Carolina Georgia, South Alabama 11ississippi Louisiana California
Group total
- Acres -
- Cwt. -
- 1,000 cwt...
1,600 1,6oo 1,190 1,000
630 400 12,930 17,900 30,940 24,000
L~7, 290 44,900
1,800 76 850 62 400 83
19,500 145 27,000 114
49,550 119
55 85 121 88 153
52 48
73 52
41
88 85
53 35
34
160 170 1,854 2,864 3,315
135 120 3,515 3,240 3,21-J.O
1h0 137 5,615 6,279 6,783
2,000 2,400 2,400 133 145
5,600 4,700 4,200 111 120
1,130 900
900 109 100
4,710 3,000 3,200 98 110
4,110 3,500 2,500 89 100
2,890 2,800 2,800 216 220
-
20,440 17,300 16,000 121 133
258 624 123 459 378 626
2,468
348 564 90 Apr. 10 330 J:::o 616
2, 298
Late Summer: 2/
Pennsylvania -
Indiana I llinois I owa lTorth Carolina Georgia
'Jolorado Hew Nexico -t!ashington
California
4,310 4,130 2,210 1,900 2, 720 2,600 1,020 700 4, 270 4,200
760 700
3,400 2,900 380 250
1,660 1,170 2,410 2,100
4,400 180 187 1, 950_.l24 . . 201 2,600 178 180
650 147 140 4,000 143 1) ~0
600 91 100
- - 2,400 240 237 108 112 1:,150 166 231 2,100 230 230
777 773 271 3~2 - ~ ~ 483 468 152 98 610 588 July 10
69 70 824 688 42 28 272 270 556 483
Gr oup total
23,140 20,650 19,850 175 186
4,056 3,848
;,rATERl'1ELONS :
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"_arly SUiilmqr: f:./
Nor th Carolina 11,060 11,000 12,000 49 50
540 550
South Carolina 42,000 40,000 41,000 56 52
2,350 2,080
::le org i a
52,710 57,000 62,000 78 78
4, 109 4,446
Al abama
17,010 19,000 20,000 91 90
1,540 1,710 June 10
l~ississippi
10,340 14,000 14:,000 70 67
729 938
J..r kansas
10, 000 11,300 12;400 84 89
839 1,006
:S o u i s i a n a
4,540 3,900 3,900 75 85
344 332
Gkl ahoma
15,460 11,500 17_,000 64 60
?99 690
'.::' GX [?.S ~-riz on a
alif.,rnia
Group total
__ 110,140 100,000 118,000 48
5,100 5,000
..,_1_0_,_370 12,000
5,000 139 12 ,000 131
1288, 740
317,300 65
44 165
-140
5,252 !~,400 710 825
- 1,356 1,680
18,768
!/
Includes
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proce ssing.
28}J.,
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g/ 1957 acreage prospective .
ARCHD IJmGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
L. H. HARRIS, JR.
Vegatable Crop Estimator
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UNI~I;J\ 1.. Y OF 6EQRGIA .
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LIBRARIES : E~VICE :
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Mnrch 'lJ, 1~57
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BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL A~
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During! the ':week ending March 9 commercial hatcheries placed 5,154;ooo chicks i,with
broiler producer~ in Georgia commercial areas. ; This comparee with the 5, 077 ,'ooo
placed the 'p:.;-.evibus .week and is 16 percent more. than the 4,441,000 plac.ed ::th~ same
week last year. ; :. ::
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Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,747,000 compared with 6,773,000 for the
previ~us week and is 13 percent greater than th'e 5,988,000 for the correspond~ng
week last year. . :
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Hatch~ries : reported prices paid f~r hatching eggs during the week at an average
of 53 <cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was repor~ed at ?9 7~ per _httr1<ir?d The.se . prices colllPare with 52.5 cen:ts --and $9.75 for t.b.e prav~ous week and w.Lth 85 cents and $15.25 one year ago. Egg prices : showri' :relate ,to Georgia produced hatching eggs whathe_r bought on contract or
othe~se. ~
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Weigb~d averAge ;prioes from the Federal~State Market News Service . for broileis
duri~~ the ;week ending March 9 are as follows: .North Georgia broilers 2~ ... Jz-
; poun~~;; at farms =19. 70; FO~ .plants 20.76. . ;
(See reverse side for other states)
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT _BY WEEKS - PERIOD JANUARY.~--'- 1957 THORUGH !1ARCH 9, 1957
Date
. Eggs
. Week I
Set
Ending ! \i956 .
i957
Chicks Hatched 1/ Inshipments
Placed in Georgia
of Chicks
1956 . ~ '1957 ' 1956 : 1957
Total Placed
. I: on Farms .
1956
1957 ..
:
'
~ Thousands
Thous.ands
Thousands
Thousands
Jan. 5 Jan. i2
!
Jan. 19 "ran. 26 l eb. 2 :F'eb . 9
Feb. 16
Feb~ 2.3
l1ar,; 2
Mar. 9
5~085 6;162
5;149 . 6;386 5,342 . 6,~55 5i380 6, 95
5,473 6;636
5;617 6,6o5 5,587 :6,596
5~758 6,5~87
5)936 . 6, 773 5;988 6,747
3,380 3;322
3,423 3;492
3,599
3,607 3,706
3;656
3:,812
3,835
3,986 4;281
4,348 4i640 4,646
4;647 4:,668
4;656
44,'675122
617
. 673
I
I
670
709
966
: 808 ' 7.09 ~ 600 ; . 576
606
429 482 . 484
520
523 544 487 481
425 414
3,,997 4,415
3',995 4,76J
4,093 . 4,832.
4,201 5,16o:
4,565 5,169;
4,415 5,191
4;415 5,155
4:,256 . 5,137
4',388 5,077 4~441 5,154'
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WIIjLIAM iA .WAGNER ,
~Agricu~tural Statistician
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ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
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:rN ==;;..;;;.....;.;;;;._--......._; ....._,_;..._ _ _ _ _ . . :: ::EGGS :SET .AND CHICKs"PLACED OOI~H.C IA1 ht~~s '-vlliEKS - '195~7 . ~ .~ .. .. -..;........;_~:.--~~. ~ -. ~,:::..~: ~..:.;.;::;;_ ....;;----~;;.;...;o.-~;:;;.._;;;;.;;.;._.""."'
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. Feb. : . lfo.r. : .. }'Jar . .
23 2 .: . 9
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. . . Jan. . : Jan : Jan. : Jan. : Feb. .: Feb. ' : Feb.: : Feb. : Mar. : Mar.
5 : 12 : . :19 . , 26 : 2 .. : 9' : 16 : 23
2
9
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
lVfaine
Connecticut Peruisylvania
Indi~a
Illinois MissouriDelaware Narjland Virginia West Virginia ~Jorth Carolina South Carolina
GEORGIA
Florida Alabama 1'-iississippi Arkansas Louisiana
Texas
Washington Oregon
California
l,Oi2 1,016 1,124 1,712
513 1,554 2,197 2,245 2,i25
394 2,628
471 6_!_587
435 2;348 1,714 3,185
394 2, 743
318 248 1,255
1,103 1,030 1,173 1,721
478 1,602 2,107 2:,383 2,011
. 345
2,582
433 . 6. 773
4ll
2:,353 1,701 3,247
428 2,620
361 346 1,447
1,169 973
1,184 1,785
439 1,897 2,303 2,379 1,951
347 ' 2,593
473
6~747
425 2:,393 1, 739 2,859 ' 394 2,670
392 302
1,379
980 544 695 626 137 510 1,817 1,496 1,165 350 1,772 298 )-6_415
. 222
1,791 1,a13 1,973
299 1,998
178 .
118 840
925 481 613 790 123 494 2:;032 1,444 1,211 469 1,824 . 290
4.763
208 1;847 1,223 2,053
335 2,168
190 111 848
989 425 592 712 . 140
543 2, 040 1,557 1,242
452 1,970
295 4.!..832
208 1,783 1,316 1,981
290 2,103
146
170
868
967 505 674. I 693 140
495 2,055 . . 1,615
. .
1~ 357
446
. 1,913
295 5__,_160
208
2,080-
: :L, 297 . ~,118
'." 303 2,254
211
124
879
880 531 648 . 898 1)6
593 . 2, 140
1,355 1,340 .
466 .
2,115 274
5,169
231 2:,004 1,302 2,328
315 2,179
207 209 938
'909
923 .
595 : 499 .
712 ; 722
843
656
156. : 193
616 . 582
1;888 . 1, 859
1,528 . - 1, 409
1,~23 : . 1,122
. 483 : .. 471
1,95'9 : .. 2, 021
302 : 303
5,191 ' . 5.!..155 .
. 249 : 212 .
1' 992 2' 047 .; 1,463 : 1,398 2,262 : 2,221 .
332 : . 344 .
2' 325 . 2' 246 . 229 : 239
179 : . 1.59 . 984 : . 926 .
902
576 584 765 152 624 1,602 1,418 1,221
459 1,953
. 322
5.137
269 2,033 1,372 2,354
382 2,188
265 187 827
963 510 689 792 211 . 610
1:,811 1,373 1,214
498 1,934
308
,5 ,071 .
. 241
2,077 1,403 ,260
399 1,958
281
149
814
915 575 711 852 177 521 2,012 1,410 1,232 629 1,945 345 5,1?,4
232 2,037 1,403 2,365
' 403
1,991 244 146
793
TOTAL 1957 TOTAL 1956 . , 195-7 .%:of 1956
: 36,218
34,550
105 ;
36,655 36,793
35,444 :. 35' 894
. ::.-~ 103
103
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23,437 24,442 24,6.54 21,551 21,537 21,236
109 113 116
25,789 26,258 '22,522 23,195
115' 113
26,420 : 25,70.7
23,..720 24,1~0 . 111 ; 107
25,592 24,268
105
25,572 24,480
104
26,152 24,980
105
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
MI\R 2 0 '57
AGR ICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
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U.S . DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
.. AG'R ICULTURA L M.\R KE1.1NG SERV lCE IU~ EXTENSION BLDG., ATHEtJS , GA.
M.arch 19, 1957 . ~ROSPECTIVE . PLANTINGS FOR 1957
The Crop Reporting Board of the /l,griculturru. Marketing Service .rnake.s the Follmrlng
r eport for the United States, on the ;i.ndic ated acre ages . of certain .crops in 1957
based upon reports from farmers in all parts of the country on or about Narch: :L
r egarding their acreage plans for the . l957 season, The acreages for 1957 are
i nterpretations of reports from growers ru1d A.~e based on. past relationships .b ~ ttveen
such r eports and acreages actually planted ,
The purpos . th-s--r~ort is t,o assis-t growers -gemeraJ:ly r ii making su~h fl.lrtiier che.nges in their acreage plans as ms.y appear desirable, The acreages actually .
planted in 1957 may turn out to be larger or smaller than' indicated, by reason of weather conditions, price changes, labor supply, financial conditions, the agri~
cultural program, and the effect of this report itself upon farmers actions .
UNITED STATES
. iorn, all 83 , 942
. . . All Spring Wheat
19,679
. Du.rum
. . Other Spring
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2,547 17,132
. . . . Oats
44,158
. . . . Barley
12,132
. Cor ghtuns f~r all purposes
15,191
. . . . ?ot atoes
1,533
. . :vJeet potatoes
382
. .. . 2;: :obacc o
~oyb eans
. . . :?-eanut s . h::.y ,!/.
1/.
2/. -: .
!.- ~ .,
- _.. ___
- - 1,693
14,939 2,706
74,248
78 , 557 16,244
2,551 13,693 44,648 14;712 21,503 1,412
291
-- l,366 21;970
1,844
73,627
1/ Ar::reage harvested. ~/ Grown alone for all purposes.
74;410 12,784
1,713
11;071 . 43 , 514 16,008
26,h90 1,421
282 . ~,.13 2 22,745
1,834 72,766
~4.7
78 . 7 67. 2 80. 9
97 . 5 108. 8 123. 2 100. 6
96. 9 82. 8
103. 5
99. 5 98. 8
GEORGIA
PLA N TED A C R E A G E S
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CR0 P
Acreages : Yld,Per: 1956
Indi cat ed : 1957 c:.s 1957 : perc.en t
Planted :Planted: Thousands Thousands : of 1)56
: Thousands : Acre :
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:
------.-----.-.-. --. ------------------ ---- -.-- 'iorn, bu~
. . . Jats, bu, ,
. . . 3arl ey, bu.
. . y . : r i sh Potatoes, All, cwt. 1/.
,.,weetpotat.oes, cwt
. . ~ubacc o, All, lbs .-
.?.1.
. . . . . . '.11 Sorghums .
2oybeans , Alone
. ?~Bnuts , (Gr own Alone ) . . . . A.ll flB.y, Tons
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3 /. 3/.
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3,096 15. 9
780 14. 9
8 18. 9
7. 2 46.0
32 . 1 38. 0
101.9 1196
49
77
904
1,121
.65
2, 736
750
14
5.0
17 90.1
-
82
107
598
695
2,654
97
772 103
16 114
) . 0 . 100
15
8'8
65.1 72
90 110
1.22 114
598 100
702 101
~I 1949 - 55 Aver age .
~/ Acreage Harvested.
3/ Grown alone for all - purposes . Partly dup-
licated in hay acreage .
ARCHI E LANGLEY '\eri.".u.U .urBl S+;::;t+,i st ician In Charge
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricult ural Statisti ci a.11
PROSPECTIVE PLANTINGS REPORT FOR GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES
GEORGIA: According to liarch 1, 1957 reported intentions, Georgia farmers plan to plant about one percent smaller total crop acreage this year (excluding
cotton) than they planted last year. Dec]j.nes in corn, tobacco, and sweetpotatoes
more than offset slight increases in intended acreages of oats, barley, soybeans, sorghums and all hays. Indicated acreage of peanuts and Irish potatoes is the s ame as last year.
UNITED STATES: March planting intentions for spring crops and decreased seedings
of crops last fall are shaping for 1957 the smallest total nation-
al planted crop acreage since World viar I. Excluding cotton, plantings of 16
spring crops may be 2 .million acres less than last year. Major reductions in pros-
pect for spring wheat and rice will further reduce food grain acreage already dimin-
:~hed by reduced winter wheat plantings. Feed grain acreage may be slightly larger
t han in 1956 from increases in sorghum and barley which offset decreases in acreage
Of corn and oats. Soybean acreage expansion will continue. Decreases in total
plantings are providing a large acreage for the 1957 Soil Bank acreage reserve pro-
gram, '1-Thile important related shifts in acreages are being made between crops. It
now appears that the total planted acreage of 59 crops may be about 12 million
acres less than last year.
Prospective acreage as now determined on the basis of. growers r 11arch 1 reports is
aubject to considerable change from weather effects or changed decisions for various reasons which may develop after cooperators' reports were made. The amount of participation in the Soil Bank was somewhat in question for many farmers. Extent Of loss of winter wheat, still hard pressed for survival in some Great Plains
areas, will greatly influence plantings of sorghum and other crops, as will soil moisture prospects~ Rain or snow over large areas during recent weeks has i~ proved chances for spring growth but many hazards remain to influence both final planting and harvest.
2Q!lli: This year's intended corn acreage, at 74.4 millj.on acres; is a 70-year
record low. It is 5 percent below the 1956 total of 78.6 million acres
planted and 11 percent smaller than average.
WHEAT: A total of 49.6 million acres of all wheat is indicated by combining the ----- intended seeded acreage of spring whe~th the acreage of winter wheat ~lanted--as stima:ted-ast Dee-ember r - This is -a GJ.ecrease- o...,.neaPly 11.2 million &cr9s from- the 60.7 million acres planted for the 1956 wheat crop~
~: Seedings made last fall and planned for this spring indicate total plantings of 43,514,000 acres of oats for 1957. This would be about 3 percent less
t han total plantings for 1956 and 1 percent less than the 10-year average. The indicated decline from 1956 plantings represents a further adjustment to a more norm~l level from the record high of 47,523,000 acres planted for 1955.
f EANUTS: Reports from peanut growers on March 1 indicate that they intend to plant 1,834,000 acres of peanuts alone for all purposes in 1957. If present
plans materialize, this yearts crop will be only a few thousand acres below that planted in 1956 but 32 percent below the 1946-55 average acreage. These intent ions include peanuts to be grown alone for picldng and threshing, hogging off and for other purposes.
TOBACCO: As of March 1, tobacco producers expressed intentions to plant 1,131,600 acres of all types of tobacco, a reduction of 17 perc~nt from last year.
~~ue~cure~ types are expected to total 662,900 acres, down 24 percent from the
876,300 harvested last year and reaching the lowest l~vel since 1932. Applying
the 1951-55 average yield of flue-cured ~o this year's acreage intentions, a pro-
duction_of 868 million pounds wo~ld be indicated, compared "t-rrth the current 1956
e~timate of 1,410 million po1mds.
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
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MAR22 -'57~;
GJBO~(G TI UBBARI ES-' I,A,.l....-- - - : - -- ""::RI CULTURAL
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MARKETING
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF AGRICUl. TURE
GEORGIA. AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE
Athens, Ge()rgia
iIarch 20, 1957
-------- - ---..--- ----------- BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS
.-....-
.
During the w~ek ending March 16 commercial hatcheries placed 5,298,000 chicks with
broiler producers in Georgia corr~ercial areas. This compares with _the 5,154,000
placed the previoup week and is 18 percent more than the 4,486,000 .placed the same
week last year.- :
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,471,000 compared with 6,747,000 for the previous week and is 7 percent greater than the 6,051,000 for the corresponding week last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of 53 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was repartee at ~~9. 75 per hundred. These prices are the same as the previous week and compares ~th 84 cents and $15.00 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise.
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers
during the week ending March 16 are .as follows: North Georgia broilers 2! - 3!
pounds; at farms 18.51; FOB plants 19.57
---- . - (See rever;;- sid~ fo; othe7 stat-es)
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GEORGIA CHICK ~C~UY WEEKS - P~~JA~RY 12.!-1957 THROUGif.)~A.BQ!:L~?.t-.~957__
Date Week Ending
~-
Eggs . Set 1956 : 1957
--;~ous:ds
IChicks Hatched l/
Placed in Georgia 1956 : 1957
J - Thousands-
In.shipments
Total Placed
of Chicks
on Farms
1956 : 1957 1956 . : 1957
-;:::~:-- - ---;::::::--
1
Jan. 12 5,149 6,386
.3,322 4,281
673
482 3,995
Jan~ 19 5,342 6,455
3,423 4,348 I 670
484 4,093
Jan. 26 5,3'80 6,595
3,492 4,640
709
520 4,201
Feb. 2 5,473 6, 636
),599 4,646
966
523 4,565
Feb. 9 5,617 6,605
3,607 4,647
808
544 4,415
Feb . 16 5,587 . 6,596
3,706 4,668
709
487 4,415
Feb . 23 5, 7:58 6,587
3,656 4,656
600
481 4,256
Mar . 2 5,?~6 6, 773
3,812 4,652
576
425 4,388
lVI.ar. 9 5,988 6, 747-.
'3, 835 4,712
606
414 4,441
Har. 16 6,051 . 6,471
3,914 4, 718
572
580 4,486
- --- - - - - - - - - - - 1/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.
4,763 4,832 5,160
5,169 5,191
5,155 5,137 5,077 5,154 5,298
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CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultural Stat:istician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistj_cian In Char ~e
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STATE
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Mar. 2
EGGS SET ~ND CHICKS PLACED IN COMiviERCIAL AREAS , .B! WEEKS - 195.7-
- - - ---- - '
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Week Ending
. .. .: Mar. Mar. 9 . 16 :
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. . . . . . . . . . . . Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb Mar.
. . . . . . . 12
19
26
2
. 9 16 : .> .. 23
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9
Page 2.
.. Nar. 16
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Nissouri Delaware Naryland Virginia Hest Virginia
North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA
Florida Alabama
1-Iississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas
Washington Oregon
California
1,103 1,030
1,173 l-,721
476 1,602 2,107 2,383 2,011
345 2,582
433 6..1773
4ll 2,3.53 1,701 3,247
428 2,620
361 346 1,447
1,169
973 1,184
1,785
439 1,897 2,303 2,379 1,9.51
347 2,.593
473 61 747 . 42.5
2,393 1,739 2,859
394 2,670
392 302 1,379
1,04.5 981
1,231 1,803
441 1, 792 2,326 2,336 2,181
340 2,667
417 6__,___1 71 . 471
2,311 1,678 2,941 .
398 2,607
3.51 . 368
1,396
925 .
481 613
790 123 . 494 2,032
1,444 1,211
469 1,824
290 4_,_763
208
1,847 1,223 2, 053
335 2,168
190 111
848
989 42.5 592 712 140 543 2,040
1,557 1,242
452 1,970 .
295 4.!.83:2
208
1, 783 1,316 1,981
290 2,103
146 170 868
967 50.5 674 693 140
49.5 2,0.5.5 1,615"
i,3.57 446
1,913 29.5
5~160
208 2,080
1,297 2,118
303 2,2.54
211
124 879
880
531 648 898 136
593 2,140 1,355 1,340 . 466
2,1~5
274 .5, 169
231 2,004 1,302 2,328 . 31.5
2,179 207 209
938
909
595 712 843 156 616 1,888 1,528 1, 223
. 483
1,~59
302 5 . 191
249 1,992 1;463 2,262
332 2,32.5
229 179 984
923 499 722 656 193 582 1,859 1,409 1,122
471 2,021
303 5 zl5.5
212
2,047 1,398 2,221
344 2,246
239 159 926
.
902
576 584 765 152 624 . 1,602 1,418 1,221 .. 45.9 1,953 322
5zl37 269
2,033 1,372 2, 354
382 2,188
265 187 827
963 510 689
792 211 610 1,811
1;373 1,214
498 1,934
308 5,077
241 2;on 1;403 2,260
399 1,958
281
149 814
97.5 575 711 852 177 521 2,012
1;410 1,232
629
1,945 ' 34.5
5,154
232 2:, 037 1,403 2,365 . 403
1,991 244 146
793
847
579
734 824 2.59 647 2,102
1,531 1,331
491 1,985
32.5
.5%2~8
209 1,968
1;388
2,337
37.5 2,311
22.5 150 890
TOTAL 19.57 TOTAL 1956 1957 % oi' 19.56
..
36,6.5.5 35,444
103
36,793 3.5,894
103
36,552 36,615
100
24,442 21,537
113
24,654 21,2.36
"116
25,789 22,522
11.5
26,258 23,195
113
26,420 25;707
23,720 . 24,120
111
107
25,592 24,268
105
2.5,572
24~480
104
26,152 24,980
105
26,806 25,598
105
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRI.CUI. TURE
AGRICULTUR AL MARKETI NG
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
Athens, Georgia
MAR2 q ~57
GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE
11ru.ch ..27, 19.5.7
BROILER CHICK REPOR
During the week ending March 23 commercial hatcheries placed 5,18~,000 chicks with broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 5,298,000 placed the previous week and is 10 percent more than the 4,700,000 placed the
s~~e week last year.
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,212,000 compared with 6,471,000 f~r the previous week and is 1 percent greater than the 6,151,000 for the correspond-
ing week last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an aver~ge
gf 53 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was r eported at $9.75 per hundred. These prices are the same as the previous week and compares with 85 cents and $15.00 one year ago. Egg prices shown ' relate to .
G~ orgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise.
2t Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers
during the week ending March 23 are as follows: North Georgia broilers - .3t ( pounds; at farms 17.27; FOB plants 18.26.
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GEORGIA CH:rCK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS - PERIOD JANUARY 19, 1957 THROUGH MARCH 23, 1957
Date
Eggs
Chicks Hatched y
Inshipments
.Total Plac ed
. Week
Set
Ending ~956 1957
. . Placed in Georgia
of Chicks
1956 1957
1956 1957
. oh Farms
1956 1957
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Jan. 19 5,.342 ;Jan. 26 5,380 Feb. 2 5,473 Feb. 9 5,617 Feb. 16 5,587 Feb. 23 5,758 Na.r. 2 5,936 Har. 9 5,988 M.a:r 16 6,051 ivla,r . 23 6,151
6,455 6,595 6,636 6,605 6,596 6,587 6,773 6,747 6,471 6,212
3,423 3,492 3,599 3,607 .J; 706 3,656 3,812 3,835 3,914 4,034
4,348 4,640 4,646 4,647 4,668 h,656 4,652 4,712
4,718 4,648
. 670 ' 709
966 808 :I.?09 600 576 606
572
. 666
484 4; 093 4,832 520 4,201 5,160 523 4,565 5;169 544 ' 41415 5, 191
. 4~7' .4,415 . 5;155
481 4,256 5,137 425 .4,388 5; 077 414 ' 4.,.441 5,154 580 :4,486 5;298 534 4,700 . 5~1 82
11 Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia. :
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician I.n Charge
CARL 0. tOE3CHER . Agricul.tural.Statistician
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STATE
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1'1aine Connecticut
Pennsy1vania
Indiana Illinois
Jltis ~ouri
Delaware Naryland Virginia Uest Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA
Florida Alabama . Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas v.Jashington Oregon
- California
TOTAL 1957
TOTAL 1956
1957 % of 1956
--
. . Mar. . . 9
. Mar.
Mar .
. 16
23
EGGS SET .- THOUSAND$
1,169 973
1,184 1,785
439 1,897 2,303. 2,379 1,951
347 2,593
473 6, 747
. 425 .
2,39~
l, 739 2,859
394 2,670
392 302 1,379 .
36,793
35,894
103
1,045 981
1,231 1,803
441 1,792 2,326 . 2,336 2,181
340 2,667 . 417 6,471
'471 . 2,311 1,678 2,941
398 2,607
351 368
1,39-6
36,552
36,615
100
971 1,"024 1;241 1,821
468 1:,713 2,290 2,321 2,148
414 2,681
466 6,212
478 2,283 1,586 3,028
400 2,668
384 ' 390 1,504
36,491
36,536
100
Page 2.
vTeek Ending
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. . . . . Jan. : - Jan.
. . . . . . . 19
26
. Feb.
Feb.
Feb. : Feb.
Mar .
. . . 2
9
16
23 2
Mar. : Mar. : Mar
9
16
23
..
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
989 ,: 425 592 712 ' 140
543 2,040 1;557
967 505 " 674 693 140 495 2,055 1,615
I
880 . 909
531
595
648
712
. -:.. 898 . ! 843
136
156
" 593
616
2,],40 1,888
' 1,355 :1;528 .
923' 499 722 656 193 . 582. 1,859 1,409
f.
.902
963
576
5J:.O
584 ''765 152
.;~. ..
68'9 792 21l
624
6io
l, 602' ; , 1, 8ii
1,418 ~1,373
975 575 711 852 177 521 2,012 1,410
847 579 734 824 259 647 2,102
1,531
876
563 730 924 201 639 2,056 1,540
1,242 . 1,357
452 . 446
: 1~970 . 1,913
295
295
4, 832 . 5,160
1,340 466
~,115
274 .
5.,169
1,223 483
1,,959. 302
5,191
1,122 1,221 : ~.1,214
471 : 459'.. ::- 498
. 2,021 ~ . 1, 95? : .1,934
303
322 . ' 308
5,155 5,137 : 5,077
1,232 629
1,945 345
5,154
1,331 491
1,985
325 5,298
1,309 501
2,038 296
5,182
208
208
;-
231
249
212
269 .. 241
232
209
200
l, 783 . 2,080 . 2,004 1,992 2,047 2,033 i 2, 077 2,037 1,968 2,095
1,316 1,297 1,302 1,463 1,398 1,372 : 1,403 1,403 1,388 1,388
1,981 290
2,118 303
2,328 2,262 315 .. 332
2,221 344
2,354 ; 2,260
382
399
2,365 403
2,337 375
2,519 340
2,103 2,254 2, 179 2,325 2,246 2,188 1,958 1,991 2,311 2,083
146
211
207
229
239
265
281
244
225
284
170
124
209
179
159
187
149
146
150
164
- - --------- 868
879
938
984
926
827 .. 814 - -79-3 -- 890 1,0-35 -
24,654 25,789 26,258 26,420 25,707 25,592 25,572 26,152 26,806 26,963
21,236 22,522 23,195 23,720 24,120 24,268 24,480 24,980 25,598 26,501
116
115
113
ill
107
105
104
105
105
102
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. . . DUENPIATERDTMSETNATTEOSF . A G R I C U i . . T U R E
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
UNIVERS TY OF GEORGIA
GEORGIA AGRICUL T~RAL EXTENSION SEHVICE
Athens; Georgia
H.~ch ..27, 19.5.7
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BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMlViERCIAL AREAS
During the week . e~ding March 23 commercial hatcheries placed 5,182,000 chicks with
broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 5,298,000
placed the previous week and is 10 percent more than the 4,700,000 placed the s~~e week last year.
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,212,000 compared with 6,471,000 for the previous week and is 1 percent greater than the 6,151,000 for the corresponding week last year..
~atcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average
of 53 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was re-
port~d at $9.75 per hundred. These prices are the ~arne as the previous week and
compares with '85 cents and $15.00 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to
Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or ~
otherwise. . .
.
.
2t - Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers
qur.ing the week ending March 23 are as follows: North Georgia broilers
3~
pounds; at farms 17.27; FOB plants 18.26.
(See 'reverse side for other states)
GEORGIA CHICK'PLACEMENT BY WEEKS- PERIOD JANUARY 19, 1957 THROUGH MARCH ' 23. 1957
Date
Week Ending
Eggs ' Set' " .1956 : 1957
Chicks Hatched y
Placed in Georgia 1956 : 1957
Inshipments
. of Chicks
. 1~56
1957
Total Plac ed
. on Farms
1956 19$7
Thousands
Jan. 19 5,342 Jan. 26 5,380 Feb. 2 5,473
Feb. 9 5,617
Feb. 16 5,587 Feb. 23 5,758
Har. 2 5,936 Mar. 9 5,988
1.'1ar . 16 6,051 :Mar . 23 6,151
.6,455
6,595
6,636
6,605
6,596
6,587
6,773 6,747
6,471 6,212
Thousands
3,4~3
3,492 3,599 3,607 3,706 3,656 3,812
3,835
4,348 4,640 4,646
4,647 4,668
4,656 4,652 4,712
3,914 4,718 4,034 4,648
Thousands
'
670
484
' 709
520
: 966
523
... 808 ' . 544
709
48.7
600
481
; 576
425
' 606
414
' 572 . 580
666
534'
- Thousands
4;093
4~201
4,565 4;415 :4;415 4;256 4;3:88 4;441 . 4,486 .. 4,_700
4,832 5,160
5,169
5,191
5,155 5,137 5,077 5,154
5,2 98
5,182
~I Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states oui;;siae of Georgia.
ARCHIE LANGLEY
..
A~ricultural $tatistician__. I~ . Charge
CARL 0. :COE3CHER .
' .
Agricuitural Statistician
STATE
~
Maine Connectic1;1t Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Miss oJ.i_l"i DelawareNaryland Virginia Uest Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
GEORGIA
Florida Alabama Mi s.s i s s i p p i Arkansas Louisiana Texas 1:Jashington Oregon
- - California
TOTAL 1957
TOTAL 1956
1957 % of 1956
-
... Mar. Mar. : Mar.
9
16 : 23
EGGS SET-- THOUSANDS
-1,169 973
1,184 1,785
439 1,897 2,303
2,319
1,9$1 347
2,593 473
6, 747
. 425 2,393 1,739 2,859
394 2;670
392 302 1,379
36,793
35,894
103
1,045 981
1,231 1,803
441 1,792 2,326 2,336 2,181
340 2,f>7
417 6,4,71
471 2,311 1,678 2,941
398 2,607
351 368 1,396
36,552
36,615
100
9'71 1:,024 1,241 1,821
468 1:,713 2,290 . 2,321 . 2,148
414 . 2,681
466 6,212
478 2,283 1,586 3,028
400 2,668 '
384 ' 390 1,504
36,491
36,536
100
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Heek Ending
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. ... Jail . : Jan. : Feb. ' Feb.
19
26 :: 2
9
. . .
Feb. 16
. . : Feb. ~. : M?T.
23
2
. .
Mar.
9
. . . .
Mar. 16
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989 425 592 712 140 543 2,040 1,557 1,242
452 . .l,9?0.
295 4,832
CHICKS -PLACED- THOUSANDS
-
:
967
880
909
923
902
963
505
531
595
499
5?6
510
674
648 ! 712
722
584 ; 689
693 . 898
843
656
765 ;:. 192
140 495 2,055
136 ; 156 . 193 . 152 '. 211
593
616
582 . 624 ;. . 610
2_,140 ' 1:,888 1,859 .i,-6o2 :.- _ 1/ 811
1,615 : 1;355 1,528 . 1;4Q9 ) .",418 : . l,B73 1,357 . 1,_340 1,223 .J . 1,122 . . 1;221 :. : 1, ~214
446 ; . 466 . 483
471
459 i 498
. 1,9J3
. 295
: 2_,115 _: 1,959 274 : 302 .
2,021 . .... 303-. ..
' 1
.
953
32. 2
;_
:
....
1,934 308
5,i6o . 5,169 5,191 5,155 5,137 :. 5,077'
975 575 711 852 177 521 2,012 1,410 1,232 629
1,945
345 5,154
847
579 734 824 259 647 2,102
1,531 1,331
491 1,985
325 5,298
1876
563
730 924 1201
639 2,056 1,540 1,309
501 2 038
296 5,182
208 1,783
208 2,080
2)1 2,004
249 1,992
-
212 2,047
269 ~ . 241 2,033 -:. 2,077
232 2,037
209 1,968
200 2,095
1,3i6 1,297 1:,302 1,463 1,398 1,372 :.. 1,403 1,403 1,388 1,388
1,981 2,118 2,328 2, 262 2,221 . 2,354 : 2,260 2,365 2,337 2,519
290
303
315
332
344
382 . . 399
403
375
340
2,103 146
2,254 211
2,179 207
2,325 229
2,246 239
2 '
188 : 265..
.
1,958 281
1,991 244
2,311 225
2j 083 284
170
124
209
179 . 159
187
149
146
150
164
- - 868
879
938
984
-926 - - -827
814 - - -793- - 890 1,0-35 -
24,654 25,789 26,258 26,420 25,707 25,592 . 25,572 26,152 ' 26,806 26,963
21,236 116 -
22,522 115
23,195 113
23,720 111
24,120 107
24,268 24.,480 24,980 25,598
105 . 104
105
105
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26,<.$01 102
CGIE(Q)~GllA CJFiCC~ C
t?.>1fllNCG IE!RiVllC~ 0-
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
.
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' AGRICUL.T\.IRAL EXTENSION SERVICE
.U.S. C'I'EPARTMENT OF AGRICUL.TURE .
:: MAR13:'57 ... 1 UNI:I"'R:ill' Y. OF GEORGIA ANO. THE .. ...... ... . . .. - . - A~ICUi.':'URAL.. MA:RKETIUG ' SE~VICE "
. STATE. OEPARTMi::NT o r- AGR~C\.!LT.~~.E. ~ : ..
at9 EXTENSION eL.OG ., ATH:Z ~s . GA. .
hens, Georgia
, .
. L,IB RM~ I ES
March 1957
DATA FROM GEORGIA 1956 WEEKLY HATCH .REPORTS ON BROILE..tt CHE KS
(Revised February 1957)
Week Ending
1956
Hatchings a.I]~_Qoss State Movement Shipped Hatched Shipped
Total out of for Local into Total Hatched State Placement St&t ...-. Plac e d
Received for Broiler Chicks ($)
Jan. 7 5,085 3,602 222
3,380 611
3,997 .87
16.00
Jan. 14 5,149 3,589 267 Jan. 21 5,342 3,765 235
3, 322 673
-
3,530 670
3,995 .87 4,200 .87
16.00 16.00
Jan. 28 5,380 3,895 30)-J.
3,591 709
4,300 86
16.00
Feb. 4 5,473 3,878 279 Feb. li 5,617 3,951 344 Feb. 18 5,587 4,081 375 Feb. 25 5,758 4,054 398
3,599 966 3,607 808 3,706 709 3,656 600
4,565 .86 4,415 .86 4,415 85 4,256 .85
1). 75 15.50 15.50 15.50
Mar. 3 5,936 4:,122 310
Mar. 10 5,988 4,167 332
Mar. 17 6,051 4,271 357
Mar. 24 6,152 4,464 430
Mar. 31 6,217 4,476
~6
'!
Apr. 7 6, 223 4,533 333
Apr . 14 6,328 4,594 386 Apr. 21 6,365 4,565 310 Apr. 28 . 6,364 4,627 401
3,812 576 3,835 606 3,914 572 4,034 6.66
4,200 709 4,208 769 4,255 801 4,226 681
4,388 .85 4,441 .85
4,486 .84
4,700 85 ,-825 .84
4,909 .84 4,977 84 5,056 .83 4,907 .82
15.50 15.25 15.00 15.00 15.25
15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00
May 5 6,451 4,743 381
May 12 6,557 4,~08
318
May 19 6,531 4,773 424
May 26 6,537 4,771 440
Jillrre 2 6,576 4,822
422
Jillrre 9 6,516 4,828
363
June 16 6,896 4,942 364
June 23 6,770 4,912 466
June 30 6,534 4,899 418
4,362 757 4,390 732 4,349 742 4,331 799
4,400 814 4,465 815 4,578 808 4,446 735 4,481 804
5,119 .82 5,122 .82
5' 091. ' . 82
5,130 82
5,214 81 5,280 79 5,386 75 5,181 72 5,285 .71
14.75 14.'75 14.50 14.5.9 14.50 14.25 13.25 12.75 12.75
July 7 6,152 4,958 386 July 14 6,067 4,854 382 July 21 6,251 4,868 398 July 28 6,075 4,657 301
4,572 828 4,472 678 4,470 690 4,356 594
(over)
5,400 70 5,150 71 5,160 . 71 4,950 . 71
12.75 12.75 12.75 13.00
.. .;
-
Week Ending
1956
Eggs Set
{000)_
I
- H~hinf;S and Cross State Movement ~OOOl
Prices
Shipped Hatched Shipped
Paid for Rece i~d
Total out of for Local into Total Hatchj_ng for Broi.]_,
Hatched State Plac ement State Placed E_ggs ( ) Chick fLi$
Aug. 4 6~152 4,550 . 332
4,218 582
4,800 . 72 . 1_3..00
Aug. 11 6,227 4,501 334
4,167 483
4,650 .72
13 .. 25
Aug. 18 5,909 4,429 .336
4,09.3 607
4, 700 72
13.25
Aug. 25 '5, 917 4,442 344
4,098 702
4,800 .72
13.25
Sept. 1 5, 779 4,396 285
Sept. 8 5,746 4,148 288 Sept. 15 5,923 4,ll8 281 Sept. 22 . 6,001 4,190 286 Sept. 29 5,941 4,281 254
4,111 539
3,86o 640
3,83? 653
3,904 646 4,027 573
4,650 .72
4,500 72 4,490 72
4,550 72
4,600 72
13. 25 13.25 13.25 13.50 13.25
Oct. 6 6,223 4,365 327
4,038 492
Oct. 13 6,203 4,477 293
4,184 516
Oct. 20 ' 5,949 4,313 281
4,032 518
Oct. 27 . 6,109 4,418 284 . 4,134 546
4,530 71
4,700
~71
4,550 70
4,680 .68
13.00 . 13.00 12.50 11.75
Nov. 3 5,963 4,342 291 . 4,051 469
Nov. 10 6,060 4,343 317
4,026 374
Nov. 17 6,164 4, 466 320
4,146 404
Nov. 24 6,179 4, 472 349
4,123 447
4,520 4,400
4,550
4,570
.65 . 11.50
.64
11.25
.64
11.25
.64
11.25
D~c. 1 6,138 4,527 399 Dec. 8 5,010 4,555 398 ~ec. 15 5,909 4,418 313
Dec. 22 6,304 4,444 304
Dec. 29 6,255 3,557 170
4,128 432 4,157 438
4,105 455
4,140 470 3,387 313
4,560 .64
4,595 .64
4,560 .64 4,610 .'64 3,700 .64
11.00 11.00 11.00 11.00 11.00
TOTAL 314,989 229,121 11,568
CARL .0. DOESCHER
Agricultural .St atistic.ian
211,553 33,012 244,565
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statist ician In Charge
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'iuhens, Georgia
FARN PRICE REPORT AS OF' 11ARCH ~S' ,_ 19.51
GS~R~D\: The All Commodity Index nf Prices Received by Georgia farmers declined. 2 points (1 percent) during the month ended Narch 15, 1957. The inde;-:
at 246 percent of its 1910 - 19l).J. Rverage is unchanged from the l evel f01." the corresponding month in 1956.
The All Crops index at 265 was down 6 points frOlll a month earlier and is 8 point s below the March 15-1956 index of 273. Lower cottnn, peanut and oat price::; ~V'are
primarily responsible for this decline.
The All Livestock and Live stock Products Index remained unchanged from th e prev:i.. O'l~, nonth at 203 percent of the 1910-1914 average. Farmers were receiving l0wer p~ic~ s for P-ggs and 1'rholesale milk during the month. These decreas es were offset by slightly higher hog and beef cattle prices.
trr~ITED STATES: The Index of Prices Received by Farmers increased 3 points (1 percent) during the month ended March 15. Higher prices for me at
animals, fruit, and commercial vegetables were prlinarily responsible for the i ncrease in the index , Partially offsetting were lot<Ter prices for dairy products, P.,g s, and cotton. The March index at 23 7 percent of its 1910-14 average compared ~Qth 234 in February and with 228 a year earlier.
Higher prices for farm production goods raised the Index of Prices Paid by Farmers
for Commodities and Services, including Interest, Ta~e s, and Wage Rates (the Parity
Index ) 1 point during the month. At 295 this set another new high, The index of
price s p-d for family living i terns remained at the :record high first r ecorded i '1
February.
-
v;i th both farm product prices and prices paid by farmers averaging high er in m:i.dliar ch than a month earlier, .the Parity Ratio remai.ned at 80, about 1 percent lower than in March of last year.
- ----Indexes
- ._ -~1..910-14 .. 100
Summar;r Table f-or the United States
Mar. 15,
Feb, 15,
Har, 15,
1956
1957
1957
Prices Received
228
234
237
:t-o.rity Index ~/
~/ 281
294
295
( _Fo.rity Ratio
81
60
80
J:/ y '
Pri~es
Paid,
--~----------------- ------
Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates,
Revised.
~e2o!:d_h~g!] -
Ind ex
Date
313 Feb, 1951 295 Mar. 1$'57 123 Oct. 19~.0
ARCHIE LANGLEY J.\.gx-ic1lt'1r al Statistician In Charge
WILI,IAJ'II E. KIBLER Agriculturai Stntisticien
PRICES RECEIVED BY Fl&IERS Ml.ICH 15, 1957 'IIITH COMPARISONS
COMMODITY ill'Jl)ln'UT
b.uvenroag-e 1914 .
GIDRG!A
Mar.15, Feb.15, 1956 ' 1957
Mar.15, 1957
Aver~e 190 .,1914_
UNITED SI'.!ITES
Mar.15 Feb.15,
1956
1957
Whe at, Bu. Co rn, Bu.
$ 1.23
$ .91
1.$ 1.19
2.09 1.30
2.12 1.32
.88
'
.64
1.97 1.20
2.07 1.19
--J.-.----
Mar.15, 1957
- - --
2.07
1.20
Oat s , Bu.
Iri sh Pot. ,Bu.
$ .67 $ 5.25
.84
.87
.83
.40
.62
.73
.72
--- -
-- .. 70
1.34
1.41
1.33
Sweet Pot. ,Bu.
$ 5.10
2.60 5.00
5.25
.88
2.09
4.73
-1 .74
Cotton, Lb. Co t . See d, Ton Hay(ba1 e d)Ton F..ogs , Per cwt .
12.1 ~ 23.65
~ ---
~ 7.36
34 .6 47.00 25.40 11.80
33.4
50.00
24 .60 16.00
32.e
---
23.80
16.40
12.4
22.55
---
-
7.27
31.6 46.80 20.60 12.30
30.2 58.60 22.50 16.30
29.e
'
60-. 60
21.60
16.80
Beef Cattle, cwt. ~ 3.96 Milk Cows, he ad tl 33.85
11.70 12.10 12.60
100.00 105.00 uo.oo
. 5. 42 14040 14 .00 48.00 150.00 157.00
16 .00 159. 00
Chickens, Lb.
~ 13.3
21.0 18.0
18.5
11. 4
21.6
18. 4
18.8
Eggs, Ibz. Butterfat, Lb. Milk(-:lho1es;Je )
per 100 # 1
Soybeans, Bu. Peanuts, Lb.
~ 21. 4 ~ 25.8
~ 2.43
~ ---
Q 5.2
13.5 51.0
43.0 51.0
38.3 51.0
5.75 . 2.50 10.9
5.9o 2.35 10.8
5.75 2.30 10.6
21.5 26.3
39.6 57.2
32.8 59.0
1.60
3.96
-- 2.38
I 4 .8 - 11.7
4 .34 2 .25 ll.1
30 .6 58 .7
:
4 .19 2. 26 ll.2
1} Preliminary for March, 1957 Revised
I llDEX Ntn.1BERS OF I'RICES mr:EIVED BY FARMERS I N GEORGIA
(January 1910 - December 1914::: 100
Mar.15, F eb.l5, Ma.r .l5,
19."in
, 9Fi7
, 9Fi7
All Commodities
246 .. 248
246
All Crops
273
271
2p5
Gr a in and Hay Cotton Lint
144
153
1 51
285
276
270
P eanuts
210
208
201
Tobacco
362
383
383
Cottonse ed and Soybe ans
197
209
209
Irish Potato e s, Sweet Fot atoe s & Cowpe as 244
281
292
Fruits and Nuts
233
179
179
All Live stock and Livestock I'roducts Me at 1\nimal s
P oult~ and Eggs
193
203
203
206
254
261
163
146
1 <1'1
Dairy roducts
228
237
2.32
Mi xed Dai ry Feed
An Under 29'j'o I rot e in
16'io r rot ein 19% P r otein 20o/o F rotein
24o/o Prote in
3.85 3.80 4 .00 4 .00 4 .20
4 .05 4.00 11.05 4 .20
4.40
Dollars Fer 100 Founds
4.05 4 .00 4.05 4 .25 4 .40
I
3.65
3.60
3. 60
3.81
3.94
3.88 3.83 3.83 <1.05
4.14
3. 85 3. 80 3.79 4 . 02
4. 11
Hi gh Frot ein Fee ds (.;ot ton seed bT.eal
Soybean Meal Meat Scrap
3.35 4 .05 4.60
3. 45 3.80 4 .75
3. 45
3.70 L1. 70
3.72 3.84 4 . 47
3.87 3.87 4 .69
3. 84
3. 81 <1 . 65
Grain By-Products Br an
Mi ddlings Corn Meal
3.25 3.45 3. 45
3. 45 3.65 3.55
3.45
3.65 3.55
2.90 2.97 3.33
3.08 3.13 3. 46
3. 06 3.11 3 .1l 5
I ou l trz Feed l3r oiler Growing Mash .Lay i ng Mash Scratch Grains
H~y (Bal e d)
-:t\lr alf o.
All Othe r
5.00 4 .70 4 .20
5.20 4 .85 4. 40
5.20 4 .85 4 .40
54 .00 43.00
52.00 39.00
51.00 38.00
4 .81
4 .96
Ll: o93
4 .36
4 .51
4.-8
3.95 4.ll
4 .11
32.70 29. 40
34.70 31.60
34 . 00 31.20
]} As r eport e d by Feed Deal ers.
..
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
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COLLEG E OF AGRICULT URE
E X TD:.; ;6~.t SE; < CC:
Athens , Georgia
April 3, 19.57
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA C O~u'ffiRCIAL AREAS
During the week ending 1'1arch 30 com;r,ercial hatcheries placed 5, 312 , 000 chicks
w~.th broiler producers in 'Georgia coMmercial are as. Thi s compares with t he 5,182, 000 placed the previous week and is 10 percent more than the 4,82),000 pl a.ced the same week last year.
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6, 289,000 compared with 6,212,000 for the previous week and is 1 percent greater than the 6, 217 , 000 for the correspond ing week last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an aver age
of 53 cents per dozen. Average price charge d by hatcheries for the chicks w~s
reported at $9.7.5 per hundred. These pri ces are t he s ame as the previ ous week
and compare with 84 cents and $1.5. 2.5 one year ago. Egg prices shown relat e t o Geor gia produc ed hatching eggs whether bought on contract or othertdse.
l;J.e:2.ghted average prices f rom the Federal-State Market News Service f or broilers tlm::.ng the week endi ng r1arch 30 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2t - 3} ( pounds ; at farms 18.18; FOB plants 19.29.
. -
(See reverse side for other states) .
- GEOHG1J\ CHICK PLACEMENT BY 1t!:B~~lt.!QI2 _Jft]'JQ:AR.Y-26-;- 19.5 l::'!FROUG~I_~Q!i-)..O , 1~2?
-- ~- - -~~,.
...... ..e...,., ~
Date
Eggs
Chicks Hatched 1/
Insh~ pments
Total Plac ed
11r8ek
Set
Placed in Geor gia
of Chicks
on Fru"ms
Ending
-
19.56 : 19.57
- -19.56-- -1-9.5-7 r - -19.56
19.57
19.56
19.5 7
Thous ands
Th.ousanda
Thousands
Thous ands
Jan. 26
F~b . 2 Feb , 9 Feb . 16 F"lb, 23 M<.r. 2
Har. 9 :.'1Ip.r. 16
Ms.r. 23
lllie.r . 30
.5 ,380
.5,h73 .5,617
.5:, .587 .5, 758
5J936
.5 ;988 6,0.51
6;1.51 6,217
6,.5 9.5 6,636 6,60.5 6,.59 6 6,.587
6,773
6,747 6, 471 6,212 6, 289
3, '+92 3 , .599 3,607 3, 706 3; 6.56 3,812 J } 8)".:J'
3,914 4, 034 4,040
4 , 6l,J.O
4, 646
4, 647 4; 668 4 , 656 4,6.52
45 TL2
4 , 718 4, 6'+8
4, 70.5
709
)20
966
.52 3
808
544
709
487
600
4t3l
.576
4?..5
606
41 4
572
5 50
666
534
78.5
607
.5 ,160 .5,169 .5 , 191 .5 ,1.5;) .5 ,lj?
.5 ,077
5' l5.l.i.
.5 , 298 .5,182 .5,312
. / Exc l~sive of hatch:i.ngs shipped into state s out side of Geor gia.
CARL 0 ~ DOF.:SGHER
, .Agricultur a1 Statistician
ARCHIE LANG!.,EY .
~gricultural Sc. a tisti ci an In Charge
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COM1'1ERCIAJJ AREAS, BY \-lEEKS - 1957
Page 2.
..
- -
't..J"eek Ending
STATE
. . Mar. . 16
.
Mar. 23
. .
Mar. 30
. . . . . . . Jan. Feb.
. . . . . . 26 ; 2
-- - - - - --
Feb. Feb. : Feb.
9 : 16
23
I'1ar. Mar 2: 9
Har. 16
Mar. : Mar.
23
30
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS
Haine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Missouri Delaw='.re Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
G-FElOo-RrGidIAa
Alabama Jlli s s i s s i p p i Arkansas
Lo~1isiana
Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1957
1,045 981
1,231 1,803
441 1, 792 2,326 2,336 2,181
340 2,667
417 6,471
471 2,311 1,678 2,941
398 2$607
351 368
-1,396
36,552
TOTAL 1956
B6,615
19.57 % of 1956 100
-
971 1,024 1,241 1,821
468
1,713 2,290 2,321 2,148
414 2,681
466
-6,212 478 2,283 1,586.
3,028 400
2,668
384 390 1,504
1,230 951
1,249 1, 779
439 1, 770 2,272 2,294 2,121
403 2,700
474 6,289
478 2,442 1,697 3,084
398 2,555
383 375 1,389
36,491 36,536
100
36,772 36,631
100
967
880
505
531
674
648
693
898
140
136
495
593
2,055 2,140
1,615 1,355
1,357 1,340
446
466
1,913 2,115
295
274
- 5,160 5, 169
208
231
2,080 2,004
1,297 1,302
2,118 2,328
303
315
2,254 2,179
211
207
124
209
879
938
25,789 22,52.2
11.5
26,258 23,19.5
113
909 595 712 843 156 616 1,888 1,528 1,223 483 1,959 302 5,191
249 1,992 1,463 2,262
332 2,325
229 179
98L~
26,420
23,720
111
CHICKS PLAC--E-D- -- -TH-O-U-SANDS ------- - --
-------
923 499 722 656 193 582 1,859 1,409 1,122 471 2,021 303
- -5_,155 212 2,047 1,398 2,221
344 2,246
239 159 926
25~707
24,120
902 576 584 765 152 624 1,602 1,418 1,221 459 1,953 322 5,137
269 2,033 1,372 2,354
382 2,188
265 187 827
25,592
24,268
963 510 689 792 211 610 1,811 1,373 1,214 . 498 1,934 308 5,077
241 2,077 1,403 2,260
399 1,958
281 149 814
25,572
24,480
975
847
876 1,000
575
579
563
536
711
734
730
624
852
824
924
930
177
259
201
203
521
647
639
741
2,012 2,102 2,056 2,024
1,410 1,531 1,540 1,610
1,232 1,3J.l 1,309 1,360
629
491
501 . 497
1,945 1,985 2,038 2,013
345
325
296
315
- - - - - - - - 5,154 5, 298 5, 182 5,312
232
209
200
214
2,037 1,968 2, 095 2,107
1,403 1,388 1,388 1,336
2,365 403
1,991
2,337 375
2,311
2,519 340
2,083
2,395 401
2,054
244
225
284
319
- ----_ 146
150
164
793
890 1,035 ,___.__
150 964
26,152 26,806 26,963 27,105
24,980 25,598 26,501 26,655
107
105
104
105
105
102
102
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UNITED STATES EPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
(3rojJ
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
Athens, Georgia
GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE
April 10, 1957
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR G:80RGIA COMHERGIAL AREAs .
During the week ending April 6 commercial hatcheries placed 5,247,000 chicks
with broiler producers in Georgia pommercial areas. This compares with the
5,312,000 placed the previous week and is 7 percent more than the 4,909,000
placed the Sa:Jn~ we~k last year, .
'
Eggs set by local hatcheri.es amounted to 6,538,000 compared with 6,289,000
for the previous week and is 5 percent greater than the 6,223,000 for the
corresponding week last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at . an Tvarage of 5L~ cents per dozen. Average price charge d by hatcheries for the
[,icks was reported at $10. 00 per hundred, These prices compare with 53 cents
<~d $9. 75 for the previous week and with 84 cents and ~15. 00 one year ago. Egg
~~ices shown relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract
or otherwise.
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers during the week ending April 6 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2! -3! pounds; at farms 19,00; FOB plants 20.00.
(See reverse side for other states)
GEORGIA CHIC K PLACE}1ENT BY WEEKS- PERIBD FEBR~ARY 2..!. 1954-THROUGa APRIL 6C.!. 1957
Date
Eggs
Chicks Hatched 1/
Inshipments Total Placed
.. Week
Set
nding 1956 1957
. Placed in Georgia 1956 1957
. of Chicks
on Farms
1956 1957 1956 : 1957
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
""!
Thousands
Feb. 2 Feb. 9 Feb. 16 Feb . 23 Mc1r. 2
i:id..r . 9 16 M2..1"' .
}'!:;r . 23 f'It...r 30 Apr. 6
5,473 5:,617
5,587 5,758
5,936 5,988
6,051 6,151 6,217
6,223
6,636 6,605 6,596 6,587
6, 773 6,747 6,471 6,212
6,289
6,538
3,599
3,607 3,706
3;656 '
3,812
3:,835 3,914 4,034 4,040 4,200
4,646 4,647 4,668
4,656 4,652 4, 712 4, 718
4~648
4,705 4,626
966
523 4,565 5,169
808
544 4,415 5,191
709
487 4,415 5,155
600
481 4,256 5,137
576
425 4, 388 5,077
606
414 4,441 . 5,154
572
580 4,486 5,298
666
534 4,700 5,182
785
607 4,825 5,312
709
621 4,909 5,247
];/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.
CARL 0, DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricu~tural Statis~ician In charge
t . L.11 ' 1.
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1957
.
.
~
.
- - - - , - - - - - - - - - - ---- -------- - - - - -- - -
1rJeek Ending
STATE
...
-
. Mar. : :tW.
Apr.
. . 23 . 30
6
-
- . EGGS SET - THOUSANDS
. .. .. Feb. . . . . 2
Feb.
9
. Feb . : Feb . : !VIar.
Mar. : r1ar. : Mar.
16 . 23 : :2 : 9
16 : 23
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
Naine
971 1,230 1,246
Connecticut
1,02,4
951
929
Pennsylvania
1,241 1,249 . 1,414
Indiana
.. 1,821 1,779 1, 714 -
Illinois Yli s s o u r i
- 468I 1,713
439 1,770
. 455 1,892
Delaware Naryland Virginia
l. 2,29~
2,32 2,148
2;272 2,294 2,-121
2,182 2,332 2,161
l.rJest Virginia
414
.-403
416
North Carolina 2,681 2,700 2,803
South Carolina
466
474
469
GEORGIA
. 6,212 6,289 6,538
'
Florida
478
478
477
Alabama
. 2,283 2,442 2,468
Jvli s s i s s i p p i
1,586 1,697 . 1,669
Arkansas Louisiana
3,0281 3_,084 2,881
400 . 398
393
Texas
2,668 2,555 2,591
Washington
384 - ;383
420
Oregon
390
375
362
California
1,504 1, 398 1,477
TOTAL 1957
36; 491 36,781 37,289
TOTAL 1956
36,536 36,631 36,355
1957 % of i956
100
100
103
880
531 648 898 139 593 2,140 1,355 1,340 466 2,115
274 5,169
909
595 712 843 159 616 1,888 1,528 1,223
483 1, 959
302 5,191
231 2,004 1,305 2,328
315 . 2,179
207 209
938
. 249 1,992 1,468 2,262
332 2,321
229
179 984
26,264 26,424
23,195 23,720
113
lli
923 499 722 656 190 582 1,859 1,409 1,122 471 2,021 303 5,155
212 2,047 1,398 2,221
344 2,246
239 159 926
25,704
24,120
107
902 576 584 765 154 624 1,602 . 1,418 1,221 459 1,953 333 5,137
269 2,033 1,377 2,354
382 2, 188
265 187
82.2
25,605
24_, 268
106
963 490 689 792 211 610 1,811 1,373 1,214 498 1;934 308 5,077
241 2,077 1,403 2,260
399 1,958
281 149 814
25,552
.24,480
104
975 575 -711 852 177 521 2,012 1,410 1,232 6291,945 345 5, 154
232 2,037 1,403 2,365
403 1,991
244 146 790
26,149
24,980
105
847 579 734 824 259 .
647 2,102
1,531 1,331
491 1,985
325 5,298
876 '563
730 924 201
639 2,056 1_,540 1,309
501 2,038
296 5,182
209 1,968 1,388 2,375
381 2,311,'
225 i5o 890
26,850
200 2,095 1,388 2;519
340 2,.083
284 164 1,_035
26,963
25,598 26,501
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1,000 536 624 930 203 741
2,024 1,610 1,360
497 2, 013
315 5,312
214 2,107 1,336 2,395
401 2,054
319 150 994
27,105
26,655
102
921 491 725 850 204 666 1,969 1,5?5 1,354 547 2, 064 327 5,247
195 2,170 1,319 2,451
375 1,963
288 169 952
26,822
27,107
99
GENER~~- CROP REPORT FOR GEORGIA AS OF APRIL l ,
GEORGIA: Rainfall during March was belC~W nc,n:~a l in the northwestern half of the state but avera ged above normal over. the southeastern ha lf of
the state . Thi-3 reversed the trend of the firs t two months of 1957 when the s outhern part of the state received conside~ably less than norma l r .i nfall . The precipitation was badly needed in SI')Uth Georgia . By the first of April cord i tions in the area were favorable for seeding opera tions . Planting of C'Jr n and cotton, a:nd transplanting tobacco were well underway though delayed s ome by wet weather , and p l anting of peo.nuts had started . 111fost early truck cr op s wP.re in good to excellent condition . First cuttings of cabbabe and l ettuce began around the first of ~pril with prospects of good p rices .
or F-'1.rm work in north Georgia has been delayp,d since the first the ye a r by
: 1squent r a i ns . 'I'he situation i s not serious , howeve~ , since planti ng of ~jJr i ng crops in the north normally lags well behind tha t in s outhern areas . ,..,. .:.n:a ll gr a ins, pastures , and c over crops have made excellent growth i n northern J.r eas a nd by April l w~re responding well to March rains in south Georgia . Pros pe ct s for a good peach crop are much better than a year ago . lvlany gr owers are ve ry optimistic while other s are reluctant to make any predictions a t the p resent t ime . Some varieties in central and southern parts of the s t a te di d n ot receive t;:r.oug h chilling hours for a normal period of dormancy . The effects of this clef i c!Gm-.;Y. reG.in t. o be seen
bn Bas ed Ap.ril l conditions wheat producti rm in Georgia this yea r is forecast at
2,12 8 ,000 bushels . This compares with 2,1.136 , 000 bushels pr oduced las t year and the 10- year 1946- 55 average production of 2,091 , 000 bushels .
PEA. CHES: April l prospects for p eaches in th Southern States a r e ab ove avera ge and the best for that da te since 1953 . This year ' s r eported a verage
corr.lition of 78 percent for the 9 Southern States compares v1ith 53 percent for .'~pril l last y ear, 2 percent f'Jr Apri l l, 1955, and the 10- year aver age of 62 J<>:ccent . All of the 9 States , except Mississ ippi, report a condition above seth last year and averag~ .
Jr, north Georgia , the April l reports may not reflect fully the effe ct of low '3arl y morni ng temperatures for several days the last week of 1iarch . Ho;ever , ~he s e tempera tures could result in good thinning and not hurt fina l production . I n central a nd south Georgia , wher e the winte r was extremely mild , very little freeze damage has been reporte.d . In these areas , ar.d in :labama, somo varieties
t b.at need a susta ined period of chilling temp eratures during d or1nancy , have been V'3r.y slow in blooming and leafing out . This i s expected to make such crops 10
d"iys to two weeks late . Very favorable conditi ons are reported f or both South ~ar olina and North carolina .
2xcellent prospects are also reported in Arkansas . There was very little freeze d"image during the winter c;.nd no loss is expected fr om the ver y he a vy fr ost on March 28 . Moisture supplies are abundant .
PE.ACH CONDITION AS OF APRIL l BY STATES (PERCENT)
Average 191!6- 55
1954
1955
19 56
,f . c.
69
73
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65
71
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79
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72 40
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60
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50 51
62
25 18
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65
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4
53
2
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3
64
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1957
88 83 71
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CARL 0 . DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician
UNITED STATES - GE~~RAL CROP REPORT AS OF APRIL 1, 1957
Prospects for crop growth made important gains in March, especially in Great Plains drought areas. Dry fields were livened by the long hoped for. rains and snow. Irrigation prospects in the central vJest also were brightened by heavY snowfalls in the Rockies. Freeze damage to fruits and vegetables was gene~ally
light during the month in important producing sections. Plantings of some spring crops v<ere delayed by storms or wet soils in many early sections but may still be made to advantage.
Winter wheat has been rewarded for its dogged endurance in many Great Plains fields by Ma.rch and early April soaking rains or snows. This long awaited moisture came too late for some dead or blown-out seedings; however , general gains in growth and outcome are expected. The crop in the Pacific Northwest as well as in California has made a fine start, Wheat condition from Nissouri eastward is generally good despite lack of vigor in stands which had a poor fall start or were
damaged by heaving during recent .weeks. The April 1 forecast of 669 million
bushels is an increase of about 7 percent since December 1, but despite this gain
would be the smallest winter wheat crop since 1951. The present prospective yield
on this year.' s reduced seeded acreage has been exceeded in only one year.
'l'he combined farm stocks of corn, oats and barley on April 1 were almost 1 percm t larger than on the same date last year. Stocks of corn were sec'ond largest of
record for the date, being exceeded only in 1949.
Disappearance since the first of the year has been at a near normal rate in most
~~ea s. Oats farm stocks were smallest on April 1 since 1954 even though seedings
have been somewhat slow and disappearance since January 1 extremely small. Barley sto cks on farms were about a tenth smaller than April 1 last year although larger in Minnesota, Washington and Oregon. Sorghum grain stocks of 27 million bushels on farms on April 1 also figure in feed grain farm stocks totals ..
Wheat stocks on farms April 1 were about a fourth less than a year earlier. Rye
jn farm storage was only about 41 percent of last year, Farm stocks of both
soybeans and flaxseed on April 1 were highest of record for the date. Soybean disappearance since January 1 has lagged behind last year's rapid rate andremaining stocks on f arms -are ne~ly. Gouble those of a year ago~
WINTER WHEAT: Winter wheat conditions on April 1 indicated a crop of 669 million bushels. This woul4 be 9 percent smaller than the 1956 crop of
735 million bushels, 22 percent less than average but 44 million bushels above the
December 1 forecast. Increases from prospects as of December 1 have been general throughout the country in central and northern Plains States. Improved prospects in Washington, Colorado, Montana, Texas, Oklahoma, Indiana and Illinois account for most of the .increase in indicated production.
PASTURES: The 1957 spring grazing season got off to the best start in the past
three years. Pasture feed condition for the country as a whole aver-
aged 76 percent of normal, the highest April 1 condit ion since 1953. This high
condition reflects the favorable top soil moisture situation that exists over much of the country at the present time. Pasture grazing prior to Ppril l was limited except in southeastern and southcentral regions where consider able f eed ~ has been available from pastures.
MILK PRODUCTION: Production of milk on f arms during Harch to taled 10,961 million
pounds - 1 percent above Harch last year and 12 percent above
the 1946-55 average f or the month.
Milk Production in Georgia during March amounted to 116 million pounds. This is 15 percent above the February production of 101 million pounds and 10 million pounds above March 1956.
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ACREAGE AND INDICATED PRODUCTION OF PRINCIPAL CO}~ffiRCIAL CROPS
April 1, 1957
UNITED STATES: The production of early and mid-spring vegetables in 1957 -~$ expected to be 10 percept 'less than in 1956 but 7 percent ..
above average, the Crop Reporting 13QNd announced today. Tomatoes, onionq, and sweet corn, in the order named, acc~t for the largest portion of .the decline from l~st year. Production of broccoli~ cabQage and green peas will also be lighter than in 1956. Parti-F-l.ly offsett;i.ng these reductions are in- creases in forecast for lettuce, caulitlower, asparagus, cucumbers and .snap beans.
~r eduction estimates have been made for only a few of the other spring crops. Tne most significant changes from last year are reductions in spring carrot and green pepper production and an increase in spring celery output. Spring 1 cantaloup acreage is down 16 percent. Preliminary estimates point to a marked increase in the acreage of late spring asparAgus, onions and watermelons ..
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The month of March brought a variety of weather in vegetable producing areas. of .the country. The most outstanding feature was intermittent rains. Except for Florida the value of the moisture supplied far outweighed any damage that resulted. Rains in Florida kept the soil too wet for plant growth, caused . leaching of fertilizer and lowered the vitality of plants. Prospective jields for several crops were reduced and some acreage was a total loss.
SNAP BEANS: The production of mid-spring snap beans is estimated at 325,000
cwt. This is 3 percent more than the 1956 production but about
one-fourth below average. Co~pared with last year, South Carolina's prod- . uction is expected to be larger, but all other States indicate lower prod~ uctton. Recent rains in South Carolina have been favorable for the crop~ Plant-ing in Georgia was late because of dry conditions at planting time. Wet fields delayed planting in Alabama, ~lississippi, and Louisiana.
GABBAGE: Earlz s~rin~ cabbage production is expected to total 2,24],000 cwt., slightly less than produced last year and 9 percent below average.
Crop prospects vary widely between States. In South Carolina, spring cabbage is in excellent condition with the highest yield in several years in prospect. Harvest has started and a heavy movement is expected by late April. In Geo~gia, ~tands are poor, sizes are small, and the crop is late because of insufficient moisture during the winter months. Recent rains proved beneficial. The Alabama crop is in good condition. In Mississippi, growers expect one of the best cabbage crops in recent years. Weather has been excellent and moisture
adequate. Movement will begin about April 15 and be heavy in May. The 1ouis-
iana crop was damaged by freezing temperatures in January, Stands on surviving acreage are poor. Movement is light and will not increase until around mid-month. In California, supplies of cabbage are currently light but are expected to increase after April 10 when new acreage at Oxnard and in Orange and San Diego Counties becomes available. The level of movement from California will depend in part on availability of supplies in other producing States.
LETTUCE: Indicated production in the ear~ SErinE States at 6,595,000 cwt.
is 5 percent higher than the 19 crop and 17 percent above aver-
age. The crop is in fair to good condition in South Carolina where shipping is expected to get underway about mid-April. In Georgia, recent rains have benefitted the crop and above-average yields are in prospect. Harvest is expected to begin about April 1 in some of the early fields. About one-third of the Arizona crop has been harvested but the heaviest marketings are expected as usual in April. Prospects have declined slightly during March, but an average yield is still in sight. In California, harvest was underway during March in San Diego County with only a small acreage remaining for harvest in that area. Light harvest began on April 1 on a fair sized acreage in the Oxnard area with volume production not expected until mid-month. Orange County is not expected to begin until mid-April. In the Delano area, where acreage is small, harvest is ..expected to begin during early April.
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made on April 1, but volume supplies are not expected until : ::"
later in the month. First harvest o~..Sa,nta Maria acreage is expected during .
early ,. April.
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ONIONS: The acreage of l-ate spring 'unions for harvest in 1957, estimated at:
16,100 acres, is 65 percent larger than last year's small harvested
acreage and only 3 percent larger than average. Growers plante.d a consider-:-
ably larger acreage than was indicated by their intentions last winter. Iri.:.
creased interest in onions and favorable aondit~ons for planting are apparent-
ly responsible for the chBne. The North Carolina crop was planted in a to-
bacco section in Robeson County. Only exp.erimental patches had been grown
there previously. The crop was tr~msplanted .and consists of early varieties:
--:largely yello~v-s. Harvest is expected to sta:rl about June 1 and be active :...
June 10-30. In Georgia, most of the onions are being irrigated and the. crop .:
has .not suffered from inadequate moisture. The crop is earlier than normal :..
and in excellent condition. In north Texas, there was ample moisture for .
onions during the planting season which made it possible for growers to trans~
pl ant a relatively large acre-age. In fact, planting was interrupted by rai.n .
and .wet fields on several occasions. Moisture is plentiful and the crop i~ .
in very good condition. Harvest is not ~xpected to start until late May~ In
Arizona, onion acreage is up sharply this year. Weather there has been f avor-
3.ble and the crop is in excellent ~ndition. ln California, inc~eases 'iri
acreage over last year occurred in San Joaquin, Fresno and Imperial Counties.
~JcU'gest increase was in San Joaquin County where a relatively light early . . .
icreage was planted in 1956 because of heirVY rains and flooding. Ha.!'vest i$ .
axpected to start in mid-April in Imperial Valley and in early May in Kern
County. Because of favorabl e weather, this year's crop is well advanced . The
condition of the crop is good in all areas except San Joaquin County. Th~re ,
stands and sizes in early fields vary bec!luse of insufficient moisture during:.
December and early January.
'tlAT.ERMELONS: ~ sErin~ watermelon acreage in Florida and California is
estimated at 106,1~ acres for harvest this year. This is 6
percent greater than last year's harvested acreage and 26 percent above avsr.-
age; ' Florida, with the majority of the acreage, reports varied conditions;
In sooth Florida, excessive rains, winds and disease ~ave caused severe . .. .. , ,
damage and some loss of acreage. Harvest has started there and volume should
increase substantially during the last half of April. In central Florida,:
conditions are also variable with lowland fields having suffered from heavy .
rains. . The crop on higher and better drained land is in generally goad con;:
dition. Some of the crop is late and retarded from the cold weather of March
9 - 11. In the Ocala-Gainesville-Trenton area, some damage from cold and ex- .
~e.s:sive rains occurred. In the Live Oak-Ma.dison-Nonticello area, the crop :. -sen~rally is off to a good start. Practically all the acreage is up in west . . ,
?lorida and showing generally good stands. ... ')" ...
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UNIVERSITY OF' GI!:OIItGtA , COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
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GEORGIA AGRICUUTURAL EXT ENSION SERVICE
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BROILER
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During the week ending April 13 commercial hatcheries placed $;2o5;00q phicks
with broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with: the
5,247,000 F>1.aced the previous week and is 5 percent more than ithe 4,977;000
pl~ced the same week last year.
Eggs set by l .Pcal hatcheries amounted to 6, 768,000 compared with 6,538,000
for the previous week and .is 7 percent greater than the 6,328;000 for the
corresponding week last year.
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Hatcherie~ 'reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an :
average of 54 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for ;the ~hicks was reported at $10.00 per hundred. These prices are the same a$ the previous week and compare with 84 cents and $15.00 one year ago. Egg prices s~own _ relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contr~t or otherwise.
~, Weighted average prices from the Federal~State Market News Service for broilers
- during the week ending April 13 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2~ - 3~
pounds; at farms 18.61; FOB plants 19.58
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GEORGIA Date
CHICK
PLACEMENT Eggs
BY
WEEKS - PERIOD FEBRUARY
Chicks Hatched )j
9_, 1957 THROUGH
Inshipments
APRIL Total
13_~. 1957 Placed
Week Ending
.Set
1956 1957
. Placed in Georgia of Chicks
on Farms
1956 : 1957 1956 1957 1956 . : 1957
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Feb. 9
F.eb. 16 Feb. 23 Mar. :2
Mar. 9
!liar. 16 Maio. 23 !'1ar. 30 Apr. 6 Apr. 13
5,617
5,587 5,758
5,936
5~988
6,951
6,151 6,217 6,223 6,)28
6,605
6,596
6,587
6,773
.. 6. '' 747.
6:,471 6,212
6,289 6;536
'.6,768
3,601
3,706
3,656
. 3',.812
. ..3';635 '
3,914 4,034
4,040 ' 4,200 4,208
4,647 4,668
4,656 4:,652
44',771128' .
4,648
4;705 4,626
4,637
808
709 600 576 . , 606 . . 572
666
785 709 769
544 4,415 .
487 4,415 ;
4~1 4,256 ;
445 ' 4;388 ~
. 414 4,441' ;
580 4,486
534 4,700 607 4:,825 \
621,
4,909
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568 4,977
5,191
5,155 5,137 5,077
5,154 5,298 5,182 5,312
5,247
5,205
1/ Exclusive :of hatchings shipped into sta~es outside of Geo~gia.
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CHICKS PLACED - TII'OUSANDS
Maine Connecticut Pennsyl~a.nla Indiana -:llinois
Aissouri Delaware Haryland . Virginia llest virginia
Horth Carolina Seuth' Carolina ] EORGIA .
~lorida
u:abama
.~vfississippi Arkan~as
:Souisiana
Texas
lflashington Oregon California
1,230 951
1,249 .
1,779 439
1, i7b 1 2,272 2,294 2,121
403 2,700
474 6,289
47a 2,442 ' 1,697 .
3,084 I 398 i
2,555 : 383 : 375 \
1.398
1,246 929
1,414 1,714
45.5 1,892 2,182 2,332 2,161
416 2,803
469
~6 .538
'477 2,468 1,669 2,881
393 2,591 .. 420
362 1.477
1,329 996
1,284 2,019
425 1,536 2,153 2,317 2,084
430 2,858
503 6, 768
493 ,2,478 .1, 692 3,125
403 . 2,578
390 . 392
1,594
909
923
902
963
975 ;847 :: 876 1,000
921
921
595
499
576
490
575 .579
563
536
491
543
712
722- 584
689
711
734 . .. 730
624
725
666
843
6.56
765 :.792
852 :824 .. 924
930
8._5o
968
159
190
154
211. . . 177
259 . 201
203
204
238
. 616 . 582
624
610
521
647 . 639
741
666 . 580
1,888 1,859 l,6o2 1,811 2,012 2;102 2,056 2,024 1,969 2,014
1,528 1,223
483
1,409 1,122
471
1,418 1,221
459
1,373 1,-214
498
1,410 1,531 1,540 1,232 1,331 1,309
629 . :491 : 501
1,610 1,360
497
1;515
1,354 547
11',369o7o
558
1,959 . 302
5,191
2,021 303
51_155
1,953 333
5,137
1,934 . 1,945
308
345
5,077 5_,_154
1,985 325
5__,_298
2,038 296
5..~_182
2,013 "315
5..~_312
2,064
"327
5.247
2,099
372
5_,_205
249
212
269
241
232
209
200
214
195
225
1,992 2,047 2,033 2,017 . 2,037 . 1~968 2,095 2,107 2,17.0 2,084
1,468 1,398 1,377 1,403 1,403 1,388 1,388 1,336 1;3 ~9 1,300
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2,262 2,221 2,354 2,26o 2,365 2;375 2,519 2,395 2,45! 2,343
332 2,321
229
344
3.82
2,246 . 2,188
239. '. 265
399 1,958 . 281
403 1,991
244".
381 2,311
225
340 2,083
284
401 2,054
319
375
1,963 288
337
2,077
309
179
159 : 187
149
146
150
164
150
1t\9
197
984
926 . 822
814
790 . 890 . 1,035
964
992 1.02.9
TOTAL 1957 TOTAL 1956
36, 78l . 37,.289 37,847 1
36,631 '. j6,355 36,557
26,424 2.5!) 704 25~605 25,552 .26,149 26,850 ,26,963 27,105 26,822 27,062 23,720 24,126 24,268 24,480 24,980 25~598 26,501 26,655 27,107 27,350
1957 -~ o-f _1956 100 .. ..": .103 . . ~ - 104
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104 . 105 ;105
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EXTENSION SERVICE
Apr.;Ll _24, 1957
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA CO~w.rnRCIAL AREAS
During the week ending April 20 commercial hatcheries placed 5,264,000 c~icks with broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 5,205,000 placed the previous week and is 4 percent more than the 5,056,000 placed the . same v1eek last year,
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 7,139,000 compared with 6,768,000 for the : previo~s week and is 12 percent greater than the 6,365,000 for the corres ponding week last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of 54 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was r eported at $10.00 per hundred. These prices are the same as the previous week and compare"with 83 cents and $15.00 one year ago. Egg prices shown r elate to
Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or othervrise.
Wei~hted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers d;_;.r::.ng the week ending April 20 are as follo-vrs: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 - 3
pt;lmds; at farms 17.48; FOB plants 18.56.
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.QJ;"'_2~GIA CHICK PLACEMENT BYWEEK~PERTOD-mRU1ffiYJ,~I9.5T'l~!i.Q_~~tR 1t'PRT~OJ. _ !957
D<l.t e
Eggs
Chicks Hatched 1/ Inshipments
Total Placed
We eK En. ding
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Placed in Georgia
of Chicks
:f-956 1957
1956 1957
1956 : 1957
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1956 1957
Feb, 16 Feb. 23 Har. 2 Har, 9 l'1a.r. 16 l~a:r ~- 23
M<r. 30 Arr" 6 Ar:r:. 13 Apr. 20
Thousands
I 5,587
I 5, 758 5,936
6,596 6,587 6,773
5.,968 6,051 6,151
6,217 6,223 6,328
6,747 6,471 6,212
6~289
6,538 6,768
6,365 7,139
Thousands
3,706
3,656 3,812
4,668 4,656 4,652
3:,835 3,914 4,034
4,040
4~200
4,208
4, 712 4,718 4,648
4;705 4 . 626 4:637
4,255 4,645
Thousands
709
1+87
600
481
576
425
606
414
572
580
666
534
785
607
709
621
769
568
801
619
Th ousands
4,415
4,256 4,3 88 4, h41 4,486 4,700 4,825 4, 909 4,977 5,056
5,155
5,137 5,077 5, 154 5,298 5,182 5,312 5,247 5,205 5,264
1/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.
CARL 0, DOESCHER ~gricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
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ECGS SET AN- D CHICKS- PLACED IN CO:tv~RCIAL AREA~BY \iSEKS - 195.7-- - -- - -
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.f.pr . 6
Apr . 13
Apr .. 20
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. . . . . Feb. Feb. Mar. : Mar. Mar. : Heir : Mo.r . : Apr.
16
23
2
9
16 ..
23
30
6
' EGGS SET - THOUSAl~DS I
Haine
1,246 I 1,329 1,367
Connecticut Pennsylvania
929 1,414
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996 . 1,284
i,035 1,381
Indiana
1, 714 2,019 1, 683
Illinois
455 I 425
4.08
lvu s s o u r i
1,892 ' 1,536 1,452
Delaware .
2,182 2, 153 2,180
Jvlaryland
2,332 2,317 2,177
Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA
2,161 416
2,803
469 6,538
I 2,084
430 2,858
I 503
6,768
1, 990 424
2,93 8
494 7,139
923 499 722 656 190 582 1, 859 1,409 1,122
471 2, 021
303 5 155
902
576 584 765 154 624 1,602 1,418 1,221
45 9 1, 953
333 5,137
963 490 689
792 211 610 1,811
1,373 1,214
498 1,934
308 5,077
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
975 575 711 852
177 521 2,012 1,410 1,232 62 9
1,945
345
5~154
847 579 734 824
259 647 2,102 1,531 1,331 491
1, 985 325
5 ,298
87.6
5:63 730
924 201
639 2,056 1,540 1, 309
501
2, 038 296
5,182
1,000
536 624 930 203 71+1 2;024 1, 610 1, 360
497 2,013
315 5,312
921 491 725 850 204 666 1,969 1,575 1,354
547 2,064
327 5.247
Florida Alabama Ivlississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Ore gon California
TOTAL 1957
477 2,468 1,669 2,881
393 2,591
420 362 1,477
37,289
493
2,478
1,692
I
I I
3,125
403 2,578
390
I
I
392
1,594
' 37,847
478 2,412 1,763 3,052
391 2,606
364 352 l,55h
37,640
212 2,047 1,398 2,221
344 2,246
239 159 926
25,704
269 2,033 1,377 2,354
382 2,188
265 187 822
25 ,605
241 2,077 1,403 2,260
399 1,958
281
149 814
232 2,037 1,403 2, 365
403 1,991
244 146 790
25,552 26,149
209 1,968 1,388 2,375
381 2, 311
225 . 150
890
26,850
200 2,095 1,388 2, 519
340 2,083
284 164 1 2035
26,963
214 2,107 1,336 2,395
401 2,054
319 150 964
27,105
195 2; 170 1, 319 2,451
375 1,963
288 169 952
26, 822
TOTAL 1956
36,355 36,557 37,014
24,120 24,268 24,480 24,980 25,598 26,501 26,655 27,107
1957 % of ).956 . 103 ' 104
102
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- 107
106
104 105
105
102
102
99
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13
20
921 960
543 ' 497 666 818 968 979 238 200 580 545 2,01)-J. \ 1, 885 1,600 1, 651
1,397 1,346 558 572
2,099 2,216 372 320
5.205 5,264
. 225
2,084 1,300 2, 343
337 2,077
309 197 1.029
241 2,229 1,242 2, 348 . 377
2,009 315 200
1.031
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27,062 27~215
27,350 27' 272
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Ath~n~, Georgia
. FAR.11 PRICE REPORT A~ q~ APRil:! 1~,~
GEORGIA: Thirlhg the month ended in mid~April, the All Commodity Index of Prices
. Rece.ived by 6-eorgia farmers remained unc}J.anged at 246 percent C?f its : .
January 1910 : December 1914 average but is down 5 points (about 2 percent) from .
one year agci.
Farmers received slightly higher prices for cotton, sweetpotatoes, and soybeans during the month. These increases pushed the All Crops Index up 3 points for the month.
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Lower prices received for commerci.al broilers, wholesale milk, and eggs pulled
the Livestock and Livestock.lToducts' Index down 2 points during the month.
Higher prices for hogs and beef cattle off"set to some extent the lower p~ices
received for poultry and dairy products. A summary of these indexes with cornr
/' parisons is shown on the reverse side.
UNITED STATES: The Index C)f Prices Received .'by ,Farmers increaesd' 4_points (2 percent) during the month ended April 15. Higher prices for
cattle, hogs, apples, tomatoes, .and cottonwe.re .primarily responsible for the increase in.the index. Partially offsetting were lower prices for milk, straW"'" berries, snap beans, and oranges. The April index. at 241 percent of its 1910-14 average was the highest since July of last year, and compared with 237 in Maroh of this year and with 235 a year earlier.
rhe Index of ITi-ces -paicrby Farmers ~or- Conunc:>cti't!"es- an Serv~ces, ncluaing 'Inter-
est, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates established another new high this month, reaching
296 percent of its 1910-14 average. This was 4 percent above April 1956. A 1
percent increase in the index of cash farm wage rates was the primary factor
accounting for the rise in the Index. Prices paid by farmers for production goods
also rose nearly 1 percent from March 15 to April 15, and retail prices of family
living items advanced slightly.
Over the past 12 months, the increase in farm product prices has not kept pace with the rise in prices of commodities and services bought by farmers, including interest, t.a.x:es, and wage rates. In consequence, the micl-April Parity ~atio, at 81, although 1 pcrcen~ up from March, was 2 percent lower than a year ago.
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Indexes
: Apr. 15, Mar. 15,
~1--9...,1_...0_-....;1;;.:;4:;_,=_...1_oo~-_;;1;.:;.;95:;.;6-........__..:;19~7
Apr. 15, :__ _ _ !}e_Od_h_!~
1957
Index Date .
Prices Received
235
237
' 241
Par~ty Index 1/
284
295
296
296 Apr. 19$7
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Parity Ratio
83
80
81
123 Oct. 1~46
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~/ Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates based on data for the indicated
dates.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agrtcu1tural Statistician In Charge
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Agricultural Statistician
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PBICES mx::EIVED BY FAEMERS APRIL 15 1957 T'iriTH CC'f.&PARIOONS
Ca.M>Dm
I .1..Um., um ..
Wheat, ~ .. '
Average 191D1914
1.23
r!lil:l"Rr A Apr.l5 M.ar.15,
1956 1957
1.98 2.12
Apr.15, 1957
2.08
Average 100g.;. 1914
.88
UNITED STMES
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~-15, M&-.15, ~r.15,
956
1957 1957
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2.03
2.rn ' 2.05
' Corn,, Bu .. .
.91
1.26 1.32 1.34
.64
1.32 1.20 1.21
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Oats, ~~
.67
81
.83
.81 .
.40
.62
.72
.712
Sweet Pot.~ Cwt.
1.53
4.75 5.25 5.60 1.60
3.15
.4.74
5.08
.. Cotton; Lb. Cot_too,seed, Ton
Hay (baled) Ton
Hogs, per cwt.
- awt. ___B
e
. ef
...:.
C-a
t
t
l
e, .-
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Milk Cows, bead
Chickens, Lb.
Eggs, Ibz.
12.1
-23.65
7.36
- 3.96
.. . . 33.85 13.3 c 21.4
34.6 48.00 25.00
-32.8
23.90
14.00 16.40
12.10 12.60
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105.00 110.00
20.1 18.5
43.0 38.3
33.1
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23.50
16.50
13.20
115.00 18.0
36.3
12.4
22.55
7.27
5.42 - ., 48.00
11.4
21.5
32.5
46.00
21.10 14.40
-15.0-0
152.00 20.6 38.5
29.8 60.60 21.60 16.80 16.00
-
159.00 188 30.6
3().55
--
21.10
17.40
16.90
161.00
18.4
30.8
Butterfat, Lb.
25.8
51.0 51.0
51.0
Milk per
(-:Tho~esale)
100 J}
Soybeans, Bu.
Peanuts , Lb.
-2.43
5.55 2.55
5.70 2.30
5.55 2.45
5.2
10.9 10.6 10.6
l
I
ll ~:rlimin~ f~~ l!llril 197
26.3
-1.60
4.8
57.9
58.7
59.1
3.83 2.63 11.6
4.19 2,26 11.2
3.99 2.24 11.2.
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INIIEX NUMBERS OF PRICES ~EIVED BY F.AEMERS IN G:roRGIA
(January 1910 December 1914 : 100 ~r.15, l1ar.l6,
Apr. 15,
1956 .
1957
1957
ALl Commodities All crops
251
246
246
273
265
268
Grain and Hay
148
Cotton Lint Peanuts
.
285 210
Tobacco
362
Cottonseed and Soybeans
200
Irish Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes & Cowpaas 244
Fruits and Nuts
233
All Livestock and Livestock Produel;s
198
Meat Animals
233
Poultry and Eggs
157
Dairy Products
223
151 270 204
383 209 292
179 203 261 144 232
, 151
273 204
383 209
307 179 201 264
137 225
}..axed Dairy Feed -:-~1 Under 29% Protein
1.6% Protein l.B% Proteil;l 2~ Protein ~-44% Protein .
Hi.~ Protein Feeds
Cottonseed Meal So:@ean-Mo.al
.
Meat Scrap
Gr.ain .Ey-Products
.. .Bran .
Middi.ngs Corn Meal
Po1ll.try Feed Broiler Growing Mash Laying }~h Scratch Grains
Hay (Baled) Alfalfa ltl1 Other
3.85 3.75 4.05 4.00 4.20
3.30 . .
4.00 4.60
3.35 3.50 3.60
5 ..1 0 4.80 4.25
51.00 40.00
11 As re~rted bz Feed Doaler
ioo Ibllars !'_e_~ PQunds
4.ofi
4.00 4.05 4.25 4.40
4.00 IT
3.95 4.05
4.15 4.40
3.67 3.62 3.62 3.83
3.97
'3.45 3.70 4.70
3.45
3.60 4.70
3.65
3.~
4.45
3.45
3.65 3.55
3.40 3.60 3.55
3.02
3.10 3.48
5.20 4.85 4.40
51..00 38.00
5.20 4.85 4.40
48.00 34.00
4.91 4.42 4.05
32.00
29.10
3.85 3.80 3.79 4.02
4.11
. 3.83
3.78 3.77 3.98 4.09
--
3.84
3~81
4.65
.3.82 3.77
4~6 6
3.00 . 3.11
3.45
3.08 3.12 3.43
4.93 4.48 4.11
4.95 4. 48 4.11
34.00
31~20
33.40 30.60
DUENPIATREDTMSETNATTEOSF
GIE~ JO~\'G \ TI ~
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AGMRAIRCKUEL~TI-UNRGAL
AGRICULTURE
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COLLEGE OF AGRICUL1"URE
Atnens, GeQrgia
EXTENSION SERVICE
Nay 1, 1957
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COI~il-1ERCIAL AREAS
During the week ending April 27 commercial hatcheries placed 5,371,000 chicks
with the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares 1iLth the
5,26),000 placed the previous week and is 9 percent more than the 4,907,000
placed the same week last year.
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 7,121,000 compared with 7,139,000 for the previous week and is 12 percent greater than the 6,364,00Q for the corresponding week last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average
of 55 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was
reported at $10.00 per hundred. These prices compare with 54 cents and $10.00
for the previous week and 82 cents and ~~15. 00 one year ago. Egg prices shown
relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or other1dse.
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers
during the week ending April 27 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 - 3 pounds; at farms 16.99; FOB plants 18.00.
(See reverse side for other states)
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY'VJEEKS :: PERIOD :B'EBRUARY 23~ T95TTim0tJt.m ~ ......J L T..z. 195 7
Date
Eggs
Chicks Hatched 1,/ Inshipments
Total Placed
Week Ending
Set 1956 : 1957
Thousands
. Placed in Georgia 1956 1957 Thousands
. of Chicks
1956
~957
Thousands
on Farms
. 1956 1957
- Thousands
Feb. 23 l'iar. 2 Mar. 9 i'1ar. 16 Mar. 23 }1ar. 30 Apr. 6 ..
Apr. 13 Apr. 20 Apr. 27
5,758 5,936 5,988 6,051 6,151
6,217 6,223
6,328 6,365 6,364
6,587 6, 773 6,747 6;471 6,212
6,289 6,538 6,768
7,139 7,121
3,656 3,812
3,835 3;914 4,034 4,040 4,200
4,208
4,255 4,226
4,656 4,652 4,712 4,718 4,648 L~, 705 4,626
4,637 4,645 4,669
600
h81 4,256 5,137
576
425 4,388 5,077
606
4lh 4,441 5, 151.~
572
580 4,486 5,298
666
534 4,700 5,182
785
607 4,825 5,312
709
621 4,909 5,247
769
568 4,977 5,205
801
619 5,056 5,261+
681
. 702 4,901 5,371
~/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.
WILLIAM E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural St~tistician . In Charge
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Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Missouri Delaware Hary1and Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA Florida Alabama Jviississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1957 TOTAL 1956 1957 %of 19$6
EGGS .S~T AND CHICKS PLACED I1! COI-1MERCIAI; AREA~ BY WEEKS .. 1957
. Apr. : Apr. Apr.
13
20
27
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EGGS SET - THOUSA~TDS
1,329 996
1,284 2,019
425 1,536 2,153 2,317 2,084
430 2,858
503 6,768
. 493 2,478 1,692 3,125
403 2,578
390 392 1,594
1,367 1:,035 1,381 1,683
408 1,452 2,180 2,177 1,990
424 2,938
494 7,139
478 2,412 1, 763 3,052
391 2,606
364 352 1,554
1,330 1,008 1,471 1,689
395 1,498 2,278 2,159 1,973
455 2,930
507 7,121
461 2,351 1,784 3,135
406 2,677
421 338 1,453
Feb. 23
902 576 584 765 154 624 1,602 1,418 1,221 459 1,953 333 5,137 . 269 2,033 1,377 2,354 382 2,188 26.5 187 822
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Nar.
. 1'-1ar. : 11ar.
11ar. . . Apr.
2
9
16
23
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6
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963 490 689 792 211 610 1,811
1,373 1,214
498 1,934
308 5,077
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
:975
575 711 852 177 521 2.,012 1, 410 1,232 629 1,945 345 5, 154
847 579 734 824 259 647 2,102
1,531 1,331
491 1,985
325 5,298
876 :1;ooo
563 . . 536
730 '. 624
924
930
201
203
639
741
2, 056 2,024
1,540 1,610
1,309 1,360
501
497
2,038 2,013
296
315
5,182_ _2,312
-
921 491
725 850 204 666
1,969 1,575 1,354
547 2,064
327 5,247
241 2,077 1,403 2,26o
399 1,958
281 149 814
232 2,037 1,403 2,365
403 1,991
244 146
790
209 1,968 1,388
2,375 381
2,311 225 150 890
. 200
2,095 1,388 2,519
340 2,083
284 164 1,035
214 2,107 1,336 2,395
401 2,054
319 150
964
195 2,170 1,319 2,451
375 1,963
288 169
952
37,847 36,557
104
37,640 37,014
102
37,840 37,047
102
25,605 24,268
106
25,552
24,480 I 104
26,149 24,980
105
26,850 25,598
105
26,963 26,501
102
27,105 26,822 26,655 ' 27,107
102
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. . . Apr. Apr. Apr.
13
20
27
921 543 666 968 238 580 2,014 1,600 1,397 558 2,099 372 5,205
225 2,084 1,300
2,3W
337 2,077
309 197 1,029
960 467 818 979 200
545 1, 8.85 1,651 1,346
572 2,216
320 5,264
241 2,229 1,242 2,348
377 2,009
315 200 1,031
27,062 27,21.5 27,350 27' 272
99 100
1,018 543 908 946 225 610
1,999 1,743 1,24h
578 2,25 7
288 5,371
22 8 2,046 1:,35) 2,385
356 2,096
281 240
1,06~
27,777
26,912
103
G~
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICU I.TURE
UNIVH ITY OF GEQP.SIA
MAY 13 '57
!vity 8, 1957
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COM11ERCIAL Al1EAS
During the week ending May L~ c~mmercial hatcheries placed 5,592, 000 chicks with
t he broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas . This compares with the
5,371,000 placed the previous week and is 9 percent more than the 5,119,000
place~ the same week l ast year .
Eggs s' et by .local hatcheries amounted to 7,333,000 compared with 7,121,000 for the previous week and is 14 percent greater than tho 6,451,000 for th e correspondi~g week . last year .
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average
of 55 cents per doz en. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at $10.25 per hundred . These pric es compare with 55 cents an d ~plO . 00
for the previous week and 82 cents and ~14. 75 one year ago. Egg pric es shown
relate to Geor gi a produc ed hatching eggs whether bought on contract or oth er1~s e .
~Teighted aver age pric es from the Federal- State Market News Servic e for broilers during- the week ending May 4 are as foll ows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 ~ 3 3/4 ( pounds; at f arms 17. 03; FOB plants 18. 00 .
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GEORGIA CHICK PLACEJV1ENT BY WEEKS - PERIOD NARCH 2, THROUGH ivrAY 4, 1957
Dat e Week Ending
Mar . 2 Mar . 9 Mar . 16 Mar . 23 Mar. 30: Apr . 6Apr . 13 Apr . 20 Apr . 27' May 4
Eggs
Set 1956 1957
. Thousands
5 , 936
5 , 9 88 6,051 6.,151 6,217 6,223 6 , 3 28
6,365 6,364 6,451
6, 773
6,, 747 6.,471 6,212 6,289
6,538 6,768 7,139 7,121
7,333
Chicks Hatched 1/ Placed in Georgi a
1956 1957
Th ousands
3,812
3,835 3,914 4,034 4,oL.o 4,200 4,208 4,255 4,226 4, 362
4,652
4,712 4, 718 4,645 4,705 4,626
4,637 4,645 4,669 4,882
Inshipments of Chicks
1956 1957
Thousands
576
425
606
414
572
580
666
534
785
607
709
621
769
568
801
619
681
702
757
698
Total Placed on Farms
1956 1957
Th ou s a nds
4,388 4,441
4,L~ 86
4,700 4,825 4, 909 4,977 5,056 4,907 5,119
5,077 5, l5L~ 5 ,298 5,182
5,312
5,247 5,205 5,264
5,371 5, 592
~/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.
WILLIAM E KIBLER Agricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
STATE
Haine Connecticut Pennsylvru1i a Indiana Illinois MissoUri DelaV>rare Maryland Virginia West Virginia . Nor th Carolina South Carolina GEORGI A Florida Al aba+na . Mississippi . ... Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 19.57
TOTAL 19.56
1957 % of 19.56
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EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COl1FiERCIAL AREAS, BY vJEEKS - 19.57
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.. Apr. : Apr. May
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Mav. Har .
Mar.
. .Har. Har : Apr.
Apr . : Apr. I Apr.
Ma y
20
27
4
2
9
16
23
30
6
13
20
27
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4
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS
. CHICKS PLACED- THOUSANDS
1,367 1,330 1,287
-
963
97.5 . 847
876 1,000
921
921
960 1,018 1,009
1, 03.5 1,008 1, 017 1, 381 1,471 . 1,429
490
.575
.579
.563
.5.54
491
.543
467
.543
.590
'689 . 711
718
730
624
72.5
666
818
908
886
1,683 1,689 1, 721
408 . 39.5
3.5.5
792
8.5-2 ' 824
924
930
8.50
968
979
946
881
211
177
262
201
203 . 204
238
200
22.5
20.5
1,4.52 1,498 1,432 2,180 .2,278 2,299
610
.521
647
639
741
666
.580
.54.5 I 610
621
1,811 . 2,012 2,102 2, 0.56 2,024 1,969 2,014 1,88.5 1,999 1,8.53
2,177 2,1.59 ' 2,191~ 1,990 1,973 1,997
1,373 . 1,1~10 1,.531 1,.540 1,610 1'.5 7.5 1,600 1, 6.51 1,743 1,.568 1,214 1,232 1,331 l,J09 1,360 1,3.54 1,397 1,346 1,24l.J. 1,387
424
4.5.5
2,938 . 2,9.30
494
.507
42 9 2,978
.513
4.98
629 . .49.1
1,.971 1,988 - 2,021
308 . 34.5
J2.5
.501
2,038 296
497 2,013
31.5
547 2,064 ; 327
.5.58 2,099
372
.572 2,216
320
.578 2, 2.57
288
.558 2, 271
' 342
7,139
478 .'2,412 . 1, 763 .
7,121
461 2,3.51 1,784
7,333
411 2,496 1,863
- .5 ~ 07'7 . .5 ,154
241
2J2
2,077 2,037
1,403 1,403
.5,298
209 1,968 1,388
.5,182
200 2,09.5 1,388
.5,312
214 2,107 1,336
.5,247
19.5 2,170 1,319
.5,20.5
22.5 2,084 1,300
.5,264
241 2,229 1,242
.5,371 228
~ ~046
1,3.53
.5,.592
. 233
2~193
1;421
-3,052 3,13.5 3,199
2,260 . 2,36.5 2, 37.5 2,.519 2,39.5 2' 4.51 2,343 2,31-+8 2' 38.5 2,447
391
406
392
399
403
381
340
401
37.5
345
377
3.56
3.52
2,606 2,677 2,661
1, 9.58 1;991 2,311 2,083 2,0.54 1,963 2,077 2,009 2,096 2,039
364
421
414
281
244
225
284
319
288
302
31.5
281
26.5
3.52
338
362
149
146
150
164
1.50
169
197
200
240
179
1,.5.54 1, 4.53 1,34.5
814
790
890 1,03.5
961
983 1, 041 1,031 1,062 1,024
37,640 37,840 38,127
2.5,.589 26,192 26,873 26,963 27,120 26,8.53 27' 075 27,21.5 27' 777 27,916
37,014 37,047 37,.502
102
102
102
24,480 24,980 2.5,.598 26,)01 26, 6.5.5 27,107 27,3.50 27' 272 26,912 27,030
10.5
10.5
10.5
102
102
99
99
100
103
103
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UNIVERSITY OF G ORGIA
AY 1 5 '57
Athens, Georgia
Hay 13, 19.57
VEGETABLE CROP REPORT FOR NAY 1. 19.57
UNITED STATES: The production of spring vegetables and melons during the , l9.57 . . . . season is expected to be 3 percent less than the production .in
this se_qson last year but 11 percent above average, the Crop Reporting_ Board annol.ll1ced today. Reduction in acreage from last year is the primary fact.or res- . ponsible -:for the decline from last year. Compared t-rlth last year,- significantly less. produ9tion is indicated for cantaloups, tomatoes, sweet corn and onions. P&rt~a~ly offsetting these declines were n1arked increases in the production of t:mtE)~melons, lettuce and asparagus. 'rhere were smaller changes, both up and do~vn, 1n oth~r spring crops. Summer watermelon acreage for 19.57 excee ds that harvested last year by . lO percent. Strawberry production is expected to establish a net-T r ec ord with the 19.57 production forecast at 694 million pounds, which is 26 per~ .
cent higher than last year's re~ord large . crop and 73 perbent above average. .
\ eather .during April was quite varied over vegetable producing areas of the .natior..
:. n areas except the far western States had. some adverse weather, but fortunat ~ly .
cc-mplet1 ~oss of acreage was sinall.. Heavy. rains . in southern States delayed haryest and plant~ng operations and was conducive to disease infestation, lot.Jering yield pr ospeqts. _F).ooding caused total loss of a small acreage and some r eplanting ~vas ,
ne c e ssary~
~N.'\P BEANS: ., Yield -prbspect's improved during April in some of the mid-s.E,rfn~ . States," and p~oduction is:_now estimated at 3.54,000 .cwt;,. A crop of .
t his .size .exceeds last year's Qy 12 ' percent, but is 18 percent below average. In S ~,1ta Carolina; the-rcrop is -iookirig good, -but i--s just- hegnnng to -feel the .. : ' effe cts of recent dry weather. Practically all- fields ai'e :in full .bloom or .._pave.. small beaps. Light harvest should get ~nderway Hay lG-1.5 With heavy movement May 20 to June l;, In Alabam~, .growing condi,tions have been good. Ample moisture ~as . promoted good vegetative: growth. Cool we~ther in early April hampere d the growth of b eans in Mississippi; but the weather. has l?een more favor'able recently and . the
crop is making good progress now. A light harvest will start about :Nay 17 and he avy movement is expected about June 1. - Condition of the snap bean crop is gen-:
erally good in Louisiana with the yieid from first pickings heavier than usual. A
light harvest started in late April with heaviest movement expected during the l ast half of May.
Q..@.BAGE: E~rJ.:l Spring cabbage production is _forecast at 2,337,000 cWt., qnly
slightly more than last year's pr9<:Iuction but 5 percent below a':erage.
Cvmpared with last year, production will be up sharply in South Carolina, ..and _Mississippi but reduced substantially in Georgia and Louisiana,. 'l;l:le Spring c ab- .bage deal in South Carolina is about over but limited supplies of _good q-q.ality ... cabbage will be available "in May. Growers _have realized the best yields .of_ recent years. In Georgia:, harvest is continuing but has recently -been slowed by market conditions. Yields. 'Vary considerably between areas. In Alabama, grot-Ters r eport that the harvest ~f the late acreage has also been slowed by market conditions.
I~ ~ussissippi, growers are moving the b est cabbage crop in r ecent years. Weather has been highly favorable the entire season and yields have b een exceptionally hi gh . Quality is reported very good. Harvest is being retarded by market con-
ditions. Movement is expected to continue until around June 8. In Louisiana,
r scent heavy rains reduced the quality of cabbage around Breaux Bridge and Arnaudville . A light movement will continue until mid..May but the deal is about finishe , In !Ja.lifornia supplies of spring cabbage are liberal. Most of the crop is being ma:cksted lc.ca.J.J_y bu.t. limited shiplllents are being made to out-of-state points.
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CAIITTALOU}'S: .. Acreage fo:;. harvest in the ~8;rly SUE}m~ S.ta~es is estima~ed ! at
. . 16, 800 acres, a decline of only 3 percent from :last ye ar but 29 per.cent .urider average. The reduction from last year and average was .all in Arizona. Small i~creases over last year's acreage in South Carolina and Georgia almost . offset Arizona'-s reduction. The reduction in Arizona resulted from ci'OWn blight , nemat od~s and other dis~~ses in recent years. The South Carolina .crop is up to
a g.ood. stand but is in need of rain. Fair to good stands are reported in-Ge orgia with vines beginning to run in the southern part of the State.
~TEET CORN: Crop conditi.ons as .of :Hay 1 point toward a ~ .s:ering crop of
.
654,000 hundredweight--a reduction of 3 percent below last year and
22 percent below the 7-year average, For the late spring States, as a group, both acreage for harvest and yield are slightly lowe!""' thi-s year than last~ The
South C~rolina crop is up to a good stand and in good .to excellent condition.
Hnw-ev er ,. additional rain would be beneficial. Growth has been slow in Georgia due
to cool .wEJather in early April. However, g ood stands are reported with s_ome har-
vest expected in late June, In the Baldwin County area of Alabama, the crop is up
to a good stand. Adequate moisture supplies have promoted vigorous growth. In
California, some decline in :acreage for harvest from a year ago is indicated in
the Coachella Valley and in the Arvin district. A light harvest has begun in both
t he Iinpei'ial and Coachella Valleys with peak volume expected late in the month.
Quality i s generally good, No supplies are expected from the Arvin district this
month.
ONIONS: The~ s:ering onion crop is forecast at 2,247,000 cwt., about a half
more than was produced in this season last year. Indicated production
i s nearly 10 percent above average. In North Carolina, weather has been favorabl e
for the development of onions. Good yields are in prospect and harvest will stru~t
soon. In Georgia, the crop has come along well and harvest is in progress. In
Texas, considerable acreage was destroyed by floods, mostly in the Italy and Ferris
areas of Ellis County. The loss is tentatively set at 1,400 acres. The entire
c r op . n~s been adversely affected by continuous heavy rains. Prior to these rains,
it had made e~cellent progress. Harvest should begin, as usual, in late May.
Harv-est is just starting in Arizona. The crop there is in good condition. In
California, harvest is Underway in the . Imperial Valley and starting in Kern County.
S~ockton -should start May lo-15~ The crop i .s in excellent condition.
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TOMATOES:' Production:: of:.late .~ring . t.ornat-p~s . iS. : est:i:ma;ted.!to. be .:a.,4]4h~ooo cwt.,
. which! is . :~2 per.cent more than last. yeB.J: .and, J per_cent .abov~.. ,average.
Acreage increased in all producing States except Louis;ianC!< -which ranained .the same
as last year. Tomat:o'es in South CarolinR :are in. .ifaj.r ~conditicm .but.. are. composed of fi elds 'of -various :ages due -to ~esetting. A ; li~ght :: harve.st: is expected -, about
June 1o-20. ... Growth was re-tarded by ceol we.atper .in .Georgia :end ,Mississippi, but
warmer weather during last two weeks in Apr:il has, enab],ed plants .:to develop
rapidly. Harvest in Louisiana is expected to begin about May 15 with_peak prod~
uction from the New Orleans area around June 10 and from the Whiteville area about
June 17. Acreage in Texas irs expected to be increased considerably i):l spite of..
flood loss in some areas. The large :acreage is contingent upon setting of plants
b eing held in cold frames. :Favorable crop pro.spects prevailed in most are as prior
t o the late April cool weather and hard rains. Harvest was expected to b egin in
the Pearsall and Ingleside areas during the week of Hay 5-11. The cool weather in
late April retarded growth in the Yoakum area wl'j.ere harvest is expect.ed to get .
under ray about May 15th. Considerable rep].,anting occurred in the Milane-Gause
area where production will start around May 20. If warm weather develops in early
May, prc.du.ctior! from East Texas area vri.ll not be much later than usuai.
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ACR00 A,ND INDICATED PRODUCTION REPORTED TO DATE 1 1957 \!JITH COHPARISONS
AND
. . : ACREAGE FOR HARVEST : YIELD PER ACRE
PRODUCTION
:Average :
:Indicated : Av . :
: Ind. ~:A~v-e- r e-.g-e-: - r : Indic at,_
- - -- - - -- STATE :1949- 55: l956 1957 : 49-55: 1956:1957 :1949- 55: l 950 : 1957
- Acres -
- Cvrt. -
- l, 000 C\rt. -
CANTJ\.LOUPS
Early Summer
Sout h Carolina 5,860 6,200 6,600 37 32
Georgia
8,460 8,600 9,400 57 48
Arizona
~230, 2z500
Boo 108 96
Group total 23,540 l ?,300 lb,800 73 49
214
484 1,018
1!-~l)
198 413 June 10
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S\.VEE'r CORN: :Late Spnng
South Carolina Georgia
Alabama
California
2,330 1,500 2,060 2,100
4,360 2,800 7,110 6,200
1,800 1.~5 37 42 2,400 29 35 33 2,500 43 40 40 5,700 68 70 70
105 56
76
59 74
79
187 112 100
483 434 399
_QTOUj) total 15,860 12,600 l2,h00 53 51-J. 53
834 676 654
CUCTJllJBERS:
Lato Spring
North Carolina
South Carolina
(
Georgia .I labarna
Arl~ ans as
Loui siana
California
~~up total
5,440
4,370 850
1,090 660 . 640
.2!,~00
5,900 3,200
750 700 300 600
1,500
141.450 12,950
6,600 3,600
800 600 270 500 1,600
13,970
48 L~l
43 52 34 29 57 41 45 48 48 48
------ 195 185
. 61 60
5o
261
55
188
35
29
45
62
50
31
45
32
190 - 27-4
66 ---87-7
242 330
166 198
22
28
29
27
14
14
29
22
- 278
780
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ONIONS:
--- --- LateSpring:
North Carolina
-- -- 1,000
125
---
---
125
Georgia Louisiana
-- -- --- --- --- 1,060 __7.0.,0 - 700 78 100 110___ _ !lli - 70_
240
47
12
77
Texas
8,330 5,500 7,000 34 27 30
282 148 210
Arizona
1,230 850 2,000 310 375 300
388 319 600
California Group total
- 4,810 2,700
I 15,680 9, 750
3,800 270 14,500 132
360 325
-155 155
-1,282 972
2,01-J.B 1,509
1,235 2, 247
TOHATOES: Lat e Spring: South Carolina Ge orgia Jvlississippi Louisiana Texas
.Group total
4,310 6,000 11,590 12,000 1,570 1,500 1,210 1,000 22,470 15,000
41,160 35,500
6,700 36 12,600 39
2,500 26 1,000 39 18,500 31
- 41,300 34
37 40
157 222
268
40 42
448 480 529
45 43
37 68 108
40 39
48
40
.
~q
;) ,
25 33
27 35
- 717 375 -1,407 1,185
~
- - 500
1, Lv-i4 ..
iJ,fATERiviELONS :
Early Sunnner:
North Carolina ' 11,060 11,000 12,000 49 50 South Carolina 42,000 40,000 43,000 56 52
540 550 2,350 2,080
Georgia
52,710 57,ooo 61,000 78 78
4,109 4,446
Al abama Missis sippi
17,010 19,000 19,000 91 90 10,340 14,000 13,000 70 67
1,540 1,710 729 93 8 June 10
Arkansas
10,000 11,300 12,000 84 89
839 1,006
Louisiana
4,540 3,900 4,300 75 85
344 332
Oklahoma
15,460 11,500 12,000 64 60
999 690
Texas
110,140 JOO,OOO 126,000 48 44
5, 252 4,400
b.rizona
5,100 5,000 5,000 139 165
710 825
'Jalifornia
- - - r1roun total
10,370 12 000 12,000 131 140 288' 740 284, 7(!) 319,300 ' 55" 56
1,356 1,680
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ARCHIE LANGLEY
L. H. HARRIS, JR.
Agricultural Statistician In Charge
Vegetable Crop Estimator
~007
A3 - . _
UNIV/lSITY OF GEORGIA
OF. llAX 1, 19.57
Heather conditions during;; much of April were not too favor. able for land . pr~para tion, planting operations. and crop grmrth. Continued rains over :-.1ost of the .St-ate kept so~ls tqo wet for land preparation and planting operations. Un~easonably low temperatures retarded grol-rth of small grains and early spring planted crops. : Hore. , favorable weather the last week of April improved conditions and enabled many farmers in northern areas to resume land. preparation and planting opera:tions. I'ros.. pects. for small grcd.nS are generally good to very good. 1-Jheat yields are exp ected to be :.well above average. In many areas of the State. the . peach crop has been. .hurt by lack of chilling hours during the dormant season, but .,production is still expect~d to be above average.
INDICA'TLD lJHE.AT YIELD SECOND HIGHEST OF RLCORD: The condition of i:heat is .very
good although the crop was retardec
somewhat by cool weather during April . Current prospects point to a yield . of 20.0
bushels: .per acre for 19.57 If realized, this will be th~ .sf;!cond highest of -~ecord
being exceeded only by the 19.56 yield of 21.0 bushels. Indicated production .of
2,040,000 bushels is 16 percent below the 1956 crop of 2,4361 000 bushels due pri-
marily to a reduction in acreage of 12 percent.
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EGG PRODUCTION SETS N1W RLCCRD HIGH FCR APRIL: Farm flocks in the State ~ laid 118
million eggs during April --- this Was 7 million above production for the corresponding month a year e.tr1ier and ivaS 2 million above the previous record high April production of 19.5.5. The average number of eggs produced per 100 layers for .April was 1,824 ---this is also above the previous April high of 11 803 in 19SS.
RECoRD l'J!ILK PRODUC'I'ION IN APRILa l'1ilk produ-ction on Georgia farms duriJ;lg . the .
month of April totaled ~ million pounds . This
exceeds the previous record high of 110 million pounds for the month in 19.56 by
4 million pounds. Average daily milk production per. cow in herd dm-ing th~ m911th
was 12.6 pounds canpared with 12.0 pounds in April 19.5~.
.
PEACH .PRCDUCTION EXPLCTLD TO BL 78 PIRCLNT . ABOlE 19.56: Based on reported canditior
as of JVIay 11 the peac.h ,
crop in Georgia is expected to total 21 84q,ooo bushels . A crop be 1,240,000 bushels (78 percent) above .last year 1s short crcp,
of this s:}.ze :Yrould
and 641 000 quahels
above the 1946-.5.5 average production .of 2,7761 000 bushels. ~~yearly varieties
su0h as Early Red-Free, Dixie Gems am Dixie Reds did not receive ample hou,r~ of -
chilling temperatm-es and were late blooming. ,Foliage development has been qelayEd
on these trees and production will be reduced sharply. .lost other varieties have
a good crop set and prospects. are currently very goode
PLACHES
"i 5 5 $6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -rr-o'duction------ - - - - - - - - - - - -
st,ate --Average-- : - - ,... : - - ~i9 5- .~:-- "i_
--Indicated--
1946-.5.5 : 9 4 :
.. !. .
9
:
1957
- - - - - - - r,ooo--- -i;ooQ-: :~ ~ - .::- I,ooo .- -.~- ...1;-.ooo---- - -1-;-ooo-:- . ~..-~
bushels
bushels . . bushels: .- .pushels
bushels
N. c. s~ c.
Ga.
., Ala.
Miss . Ark. La _, . Okla.
1,3.50 3,122
2,776
.593 4oS 1,.530
89 306
1,100
3,600
3,000
900 276 984
4.5 so
:::11. . ~
r. .yy ; .
1f. ;
.
'!I
950 4,3.50 ;1.,600
600
447 2,2.50
80 200
1,400 .
S,ooo
2,840 ' .
.580 340 1,240 175
24
" Texas
736
1.50 .
30
.57.5
825 .. ...
u.-s: .-:-~ ~ - -io.9o7- ~- Io-10.5----- 4s~ ~- ;_ .-: I1-o$2---- -12~424- "::' - .
1rtess than-:~(;-busii.eis: ,[/Includes l9~, 000 buS'hels 'Unitarvested becatis! of- ~ - .
economic conditions.
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ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
vJILLIAH E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician
r -:r- ~ ~.
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UNITED STATES - GENERAL CROP RLPORT N3 OF HAY 1, 1957 ..~
Crop progress generally was slow in. April, and many piantirigs were ~delayed..by
r ainy weather. Prospects are promising for most crops despite some .troubles in .
getting good stands for early growth. Good soil moisture supplies are much .mor.e
general .than last year giving good to .excellent promise for grain, pru;;ti.l.r:e ar.d hay
crops . ~Tinter wheat outcome continues to look more promising as the . seasori , '- . develC?:Ps:.--Many fields in the Great Plains whi ch emerged late afte~ a dry start
still have thin and uneven or weedy stands; other have thickened surprisingly
under cool ani rainy April weather. ~ go't badly jostled from :r~~:Lt~on. ).n . th~. ..",
spring planting race. This cool-loving crop missed timely seeding on :mariy ~'.iel~s..~ .
too .wet to work and has poorer chances than usual of filling and maturing .a}'iead .'
a.. :. of . mid-summer heat. Some acreage intended for oats in several State~ . ~iJ,i .grow .
corn, scybeans or other later . crop s or after late start be valued chiefly as ,' ~ "'
nurs e crr;>p for ne-vr forag e seedings.
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Cotton ~nd .!.!! p lanting has gone more slowly than usual in most Southern St.at~ s. , , ;:
with much variation in stage between sections, but Southwest irrigated co_ttor ;is _.: .
more ;nearly on schedule. In south central Texas, some acreage intended fqr , pol;~. -,:._. _..,
may o~ pla.rrted to s crghUIJ1.s - a C'..rop likely to gain acreage in many Plains
s e cti ns after April rains. Pastures ov er t he Nation generally look th e bes.t for
Hay 1 in five years, showing that the "more rain, more grass 11 equation is agam
working. The striking contrast in pasture f eed condition with last y ear.'s poor _; .,,, -:
s tat"Us in many areas is clear from a glance at the .maps on page 4. This year the . ..~
ccndit ion average of 85 is highest s:lnce 1952; last year was lowest since the .. . .
drought year 1934. Potato crops have generally favorable prospects. The earlY. ....:.\ , .:
s pring crop in Texas and Florida is now mO'iing with the total crop estimated . . ...
sl igh.:t~ larger than last year. The late spring crop looks a strong fifth larget
than last year.
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VVI NTIR WHEAT: A winter wheat crop of 703 million bushels is indicat ed by condi~ ; . .:
. . . tions to Hay 1. This would be .abo:ut 5 percent smaller than th e .. :. : .. 1956 crop of 735 million bushels, neal;"ly a fifth less than average but 5 perci:lnt ~. :, ,
above a month ago. The indicated yield at 22.5 bushels per acre far harvest. is
, .
the highest of r e cord and compares with. 20.6 qushels in 1956 and tho av er age of
18~6 bushels. The indicated r ecord yield may be r eached with only New York, New Jersey, Indiana, Maryland and ~'Je st Virginia ex ceeding th~i~ current r ecord yield
This indic ates .a quite uniform satisfactory development of the crop ever a major- .
ity of the producing areas.
.
PLP.~; . 'I'he first forecast of production for the 9 Southern States is
12,424,000 bush els, 12 percent above 1956 and 14 percent above the 10-
ycar average which includes the near total f ailure of 1955. Prospective produc-
tion as of May 1 is abov e both last year and average in North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas; and b~low. both last year ar~ average in
Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas pn'd Oklq.homa. Prospects vary considerably by
va1ieties; particularlY ' in :south .Carolma:, Georg ia, Alabama, His sis sippi arid Texas . Some variet i e s -~ es pe'c'ialJi eariy' ones -- that require longer chilling
ptiriods during dormancy dl.d:' not' 'req'EdV\'3 .the r~quired number" of Chilling hours. As
a r esult, bloom v1as late and . iriegulai-~ . The . k;I"eeS: ha.v~ b een slow in l eaf:iJ.lg out ..
a.nd consequently a h eavy drop is eicpe.cted . The .out:J.ook .-:for .. other variet i es 'in the
s ame areas is much bett er. In South Carolina, the season is a week to 10 days
l ater than normal in the Ridge area and 3 to 5days late in the Piedmont. Gr o-vmrs
in the Ridge and Sandhills areas are pessimistic be caus e . o_f __tlw lack of . chilling
t empe r atur es during dormancy.
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MILK PRODUCTION: Milk. cows on farrrs produced a tota1. of ' i.~j42~ :I_TI:i.Uion polinds of -
milk in April-- 1- p ercont mcre thari fu Apcil last year hnd
to 9 percent more than the 1946-55 average for the month. Milk'-:production showed
about the same s easonal increase as last y eari but fail ed:" ga in as rr~uch as usual
from March to April. Tho volume of milk pr educed on farrtiS .ifl. the Nat ion dUr.ing
April was sufficient to provide 2.24 p ounds d*1ly pc:r person; approxima tel y the
sam e rate as Apr:i,l last year but was 3 percent" b elow the 10:..year average. Milk
production in the. f:irst 4 months of this y ear .r eached a r ecord high of nearly .
41.6 billion pounds, which was only slightly more than the .previous high for the
s ame months last year.
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POULTRY AND LGG PRODUCTION: Farm flocks laid 5, 731 million: eggs in April -- 2 per
cent more than in April last y ear, but 4 percent .bela
the 1946-55 average . Increases fro.m last year were 5 percent iil the West North_. ..
Centr al -and South Atlantic States, 2 percent ih. the North Atlan'ti~ and 1 p erce nt -.-
in the West . In the East North Central and South Central States, production was
about the same as in April last year. Ege, production during the first four months
of this year was 2 percent l arg er tha n in these months last year, but about , the
same as the average.
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UNITED STATES .. DEPARTMENT OF
~ UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
Athens, Georgia .
UNIVE RSITY OF G~"On<;! '
~ IW17~t
1'1ay 15, 1957
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS
Duri~g the week ending May 11 commercial hatcheries placed 5,705,000 chicks with
the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the
5,592,000 placed the previo~s week and is 11 percent more than the 5,122,000
placed the same week' last year,
. '
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 7,269,000 compared with 7,333 , 000 for , the P,revious week and is 11 percent greater than the 6,557,000 for the corres-
pond~ng week last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average
of 56 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was
reported at $10.25 per hundred. These prices compare with 55 cents and ~no. 25
for the previous week and 82 cents and $14.75 one year ago. Egg prices sho\m
r elate .
to
Georgia
pr.o.duced
hatching
eggs
whether
bought
on
contract
or
otherwi se .
vJei ghted average prices from the Federal-State Harket News Service for broi;Lers
during the week ending May 11 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2, 1/2-
3 3/4 pound-s-, at f-arms 17.-54; F0B plants -3..8.-h.2. - -- - -
-
(See reverse side for other states)
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY \f.EEKS - PERIOD }~RCH 9, through May 11, 1957
Date
Eggs
Chicks Hatched l/ Inshipments
Total Placed
Week: Ending
.. . Set
Placed in Georgia
19$6 1957 1956 1957
Thousands
Thousands
-. of Chicks
1956 1957
Thousands
.. on Farms
1956 . 1957
Thousands
Mar . Mar.
~~
5;988 .
6,051
6,747 6,471
3,835 3,914
4,712 4,718
606
L~lL~ 4,~41
5,154
572
580 4,486 5,298
Mar. 23 . 6,151 6,212 4,034 4,648
666
534 4, 700 5,162
Mar. 30 6,217 6,289 4,040 4,705
. 785
607 4,825 5,312
Apr. 6 6,223 6,538 4,200 4,626
709
621 4,909 5,247
Apr. ll-3 6,328 6,768 4,208 4,637
769
568 4,977 5,205
Apr. 20 6,365 7,139 4,255 .4,645
801
619 5,056 5,264
Apr. 27 6,36L~ 7,121 4,226 4,669
681
702 4,907 5,371
May 4 . 6,451 7,333 4,362 4,882
757
698 5,119 5,59-2
- May 11 6,557 7,269 4,390 5,030
732
675 5,122
;!/ Ex~lusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia .
5, 705
'WILLIAM E. KIBLER r? gricultural Statistician
.;
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
..
STATE
~
"
Maine
"
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Indiana
~
Illinois
Missouri
Delm-vare Naryland
I
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina .
South Carolina .
GEORGIA
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana '
,. '
Texas
Washington
Oregon
California .....
TOTAL 1957
TOTAL 1956
1957 % of 1956
EGGS SET AND CHIC:im PLACED IN COO'IERCIAL AREAS., BY \oJEEKS - 1957
Page 2
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1-Jeek Ending
. . Apr.
1'-iay
Hay
. . 27
4
11
. . . . .. . . l-iar.
}1ar. : Har. ' Har.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr. : May
May
. . . . . . 9 : 16 : ' 23
30 : 6
13
20
27
4
11
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS
1,330 1,_008 1;471 1,:689
395 1,498 2,278 2,159 1,973
455 2,930
507 7,121
461 2,351 1,784 3,135
406 2,677
421 338 1,453
37,840
37,047
102
1,287 1,017 1,429 1,721
355 1,432 2,299 2,194 1,997
429 2,978
513 7,333
411 2,496 1,863 3,199
392 2, 661
414 362 1,345
38,127
37,502
102
1,270 1,044 1,403 1, 807 '
364 1,452 2,298 2,231 1,996
414 2,996 ' 494 7,269
486 2,459 1,861 3,243
392 2,658
399 336 1,299
38,171
38,362 '
100
9?5 5?5 711 852 176 521 2,012 1,410 1,232 629 1,988 345 5,154
232 2,037 1,403 2,365
403 1,991
244 146 790.
26,191
"
24,980
105
:
847 519 718 824 262 647 2,102 1,531 1,331 491 2,021 325 5,298 209 1,968 1,388 2,375 381 2,311 225 150 890
26,873
25,598
105
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
8?6 563 730 924 200 639 2,056 1,540 1,309 501 2,038 296 5,182
200 2,095 1,388 2,519
340 2,083
284 164 1,035
26,962
26,501
102
1,000 554 624 930 203 741
2,024 1, 610 1,36o
498 2,013
315 ' 5,312
214 2,107 1,336 2,395
401 2,054
319 150 961
27,121
26,655
102
921 491 725 850 204 666 1,969 1,575 1,354 54? 2,064 327 -5,247
195 2,170 1,319 2,451
315 1,963
288 169 983
26,853
27,107
99
921 543 666 968
s2a3o8
2,014 1,600 1,397
558 2,099
372 5,205
225 2,084 1,300 2,343
345 2,077
302 197 1,041
21,0?5
2?,3$0
99
'
96o 467 818 979 200 545 1,885
1,6~1
1,3 6 572
2,216 320
5,264 241
2,229 1,242 2,348
377 2,009
315 200 1,031
27,215
27,272
100
-
-
1,018 543 908 946 225 610
1,999
11,,2744l 578
2,257 288
5,371
228 2,046 1,353 2,385
356 2,096
281 240 1,062
1,009 590 886 881 205 621
1,853 1,568 1,387
558 2,271
342 5 , 592
233 2,193 1,421 2,447
356 2,039
265 179 1,024
27, 717 27,920
26,912 2?,030
103
103
1,079 652 945 935 228 580
1,831 1,653 1,259
518 2,303
368 5,705
208 2,167 1,447 2,362
352 2,113
265 180 1,0?0
28,220
2?,518
103
~
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UNIVERSITY 0~ GEOR~IA
COLLEGE OF AGRICI'L TURE
Athens, Geo:r:gia
UNiVEf:S iTY OF GEORGIA
GEORGIA AGRICULTUR.AL EXTENSION SERVICE
. Hay 22, 1957
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS
During the week ending May 18 commercial hatcheries placed 5,?95,000 chicks with
the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the
5,105,000 placed the previous week and is 14 percent more than the 5,091,000
placed the same week last ~ar.
:Eggs set by l~cal hatcheries amounted to 7, 627,000 compared with 7,'269, 000 :ror the previous week and is 17 percent greater than the 6,531,000 for the corres-
:.pending week last year.
.. Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average .
.; of 57 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was ; ...reported at $10. 25 per hurrl red. These prices compare with 56 cents ani $10.25 for .the previous week and 82 cents and $14.50 one year ago. Egg prices shot~
rela.te to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise..
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers
during the week ending May 18 are as follows: ~orth Georgia broilers 2 1/2 . ) 3/4 pounds; at farms 18.52; FOB plants 19.38.
(See reverse side for other states)
GEORGIA -CHICK PLACEMENT B.Y WEEKS - PERIOD MARCH 16, THROUGH MAY 18, 1951
Date
Eggs
Chicks Hatched 1/ Inshipments
Total Placed
Week
-En.ding
. Set
Placed in Georgia
1956 : 1957 1956 1951
Thousands
Thousands
. of Chicks
1956 1957
Thousands
on Farms
1956 . : 1957
Thousands
Mar. 16 6,051 6,471 3,914 4,718
:572
580 4,.486 5;298
Mar. 23 6,151 Mar ~ 30 6,217 1\.pr 6 6:,223
6,212
6,289 6,538
4,034 4,040 4,200
4,648 4;705 4,626
666 534 4,700 5,182
785
6o7 4,825 . 5,312
709
621 4,909 5,247
Apr. 13 6,328 6,768 4,208 4,637
769 568 4,971 5,205
Apr. 20 6,365 7,139 4,255 4,645
801 619 5,056 5,264
Apr. 27 6,364 7,121 4,226 4,669
681
702 4,907 5,371
May 4 6,451 7,3:33 . . 4,362 4,882 May .11 6;551 7;269 . 4,390 5,030
757 732
698 . '675
5,119 5,592 5,122 5,105
May 18 6,531 7,627 4,349 5,156
742
639 5,:091 $,195
..
.. ., :
ot 1/ Exclusive of hatchirtgs sh:ipped into 'st~te~ . outside.' Georgia. ;
. WILLIAM E~ KIBLER
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Statistician
ARCHIE LA!1GLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
I )
STATE
. . .-....
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois :VJissouri Delaware Maryland Virginia ~'fest Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA Florida Alabama l"Iississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California ,
. T:OTAL 1957
TOTAL 1956
1957 % of 1956
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN CONHERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1957
Page 2.
Week Ending
I May . May . May
4
11
18
. . . .. . Mar. : Mar.
Mar. : Apr.
Apr. : Apr.
Apr.
May : May May
16
23
30 :
6 . 13
20
27
4
11
18
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
1,287 1,017 1,429 1, 721
355 1,432 2,299 2,194 1,997
429 2,978
5131 7,333'
1,270 1,044 1,403 1,807
364 1,452 2,298 2,231 1,996
414 2,996
494 7,269
411. 486 2,496 2,459 1,863 1,861 3,199 3,243
392 392 2,661 2,658
414 399 362 1 336 1,345 1,299
1,400 1,023 1,246 1,866
456 1,494 2,354 2,247 2,039
422 2,997
483 7,627
446 2,477 1,882 3,189
402 2,703
356 327 1,256
847 519 718 824 262 647 2,102 1,531 1,331 491 2,021
325 5,298
209 1,968 1,388 2,375
381 2,311
225 150 890
876 563 730 924 200
639 2,056 1,540 1,309
501 2,038
296 5,182
200 2,095 1,388 2,519
340 2,083
284 164
1,035
.1,000 921
554 491 624 725 930 850 203 204 741 666 2,024 1,969 1,610 1,575 1,360 1,354 498 547 2,013 . 2,064
315 327 5,312 5,247
214 195 2,107 2,170
1,336 2,395
401 2,054
319 150
1,319 2,451
375 1,963
288 169
961 983
921 543 666 968 238 580 2,014 1,600 1,397 . 558
2,099 372
5,205
225 2,084 1,300 2,343
345 2,077
302 197 1,041
960 467 818 979 200
545 1,885 1,651 1,346
572 2,216
320 5,264
241 2,229 1,242 2,348
377 2,009
315 200 1,031
1,018
543 908 946 225 610 1,999 1,743 1,244 578 2,257 288
5,371
228 2,046 1,353 2,385
356 2,096
281 240 1,062
1,009
590
8D6 881 205 621 1,853 1,568 1,387 558 2,271 342 5,592
233 2,193 1,421 2,447
356 2,039
265 179 1, 024
1,079 652 945 935 228 580
1,831 1,653 1,259
518 2,303
368 5,105
208 2,167 1,447 2,362
352 2,113
265 180
1,070
1,004 560 845 857 188 612
1,795 1,620 1,197
590 2,212
348 5,795
215 2,1I 80 1,348 2,409
376 2, 087
.315 155
f 94
38,127 38,171 38,692 37,502 38,362 38,469
3..02 100 101
26,873 25,598
105
26,962 26,501
"102
27~121 26,8.53 . 27,075
26,655 27,107 27,350
. 102 . . 99
99
: 27,215
..
27,272 100
27,777 26,912
- 103
27,920 28, 220 27,702 27,030 27 , .Sl8 27,580
1(;.3 ::..OJ 100
Ga...
J)90tJ 7
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UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE
C!!7r;jJ
UN lVER~ lTY OF GEORG IA
c.B-. Gn o~ -
. . JUN) .'57 :Ll~~~t{lE.S ,14..:~---'--- A ,.. A!CRKUELTTIUNRGAL
SERVICE
a~
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
Athens, Georgia
GEORGIA AGRICUL'FURAL EXTE~ISION SERVICE
. May ~9, 1957
BROILER CHICK- REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS
During the week ending May 25 commercial hatcheries placed 5,914,000 chicks with
the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the
5, 795,000 placed the previous week and is 15 percent more than.' the 51130,000
placed the same week last year.
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 7,510,000 compared with 7,627,000 for the previous week and is 15 percent greater than the 6,531,000 for the corres-
ponding week last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average
of 58 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at $10.25 per hundred. These prices compare with 57 cents and $10.25 for the previous week and 82 cents and $14.50 one year ago. Egg prices shown
relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise.
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers
during the week ending May 25 are as follcws: North Georgia broilers 2 1/23 3/4 pounds; at farms 19.41; FOB plants 20.41.
.. GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS - PR'-"RIOD MARCH 23 THROUGH MAY 25't 1951
Date Week Ending
. Mar. 23
Mar. 30 Apr . 6 Apr. 13 Apr. 20 Apr. 27 May 4 May 11 May ,1_8 May 25
Eggs
Chicks Hatched };/
Set
Placed in Georgia
1956 1957 1956 ' : 1957
Thousands
Thousands
6,151 6,217 6,223 6,328 6:,365 6,364 6,451 6,557 '6,531
6,537
6,212
6 ~ 289
6,538 6,768
7,139 7,121 . 7,333 7,269 7,627 1,510
4:,034 - . .4,648 .I 4;040 . 4, ?05 4:,200 4,626 4,208 4,637 4,255 4,645 4,226 4,669 4,362 4,882 4;390 5,030 4:,349 5,156 4,331 . 5,276
Inshipments
.of Chicks
1956 1957
Thousands
666
534
785
607
709
621
'769
568
801
619
681
702
?51
698
732
6?5
742
639
799
638
Total Placed
. on
1956
F.arm1g957-
Thousands
4,700 5,182 4,825 . 5,312 4:,909 5,247 4,977 . 5, 205 5,056 5, 264 4,907 5, 371 5,119 5,592 5,122 5,705 5,091 . 5, ?95 5,130 5,914
1/ Exclusi'e of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.
WILLIAM E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLE! Agricultural Statistician In Charge
,.
STATE
-
1-'Iaine Cormecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Iviissouri Delaware Maryland Virginia vlest Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA Florida Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas \rJashington Oregon California
TOTAL 1957
TOTAL 1956
1957 %of 1956
..
.. .. May
0 0
May 0
May
11
18
25
EGGS SET - 'mOUSANDS
1,270 1,044 1,403 1,807
364 1,452 2,298 2,231 1,996
. 414
2,996
494 7,_269
486 2,459 1,861
3,243 392
2,658 399 336
1,_299
1;400 1,023 1,246 1,866
456 1,494 2,354 2,247 2,039
422
2,997 483
7,627
446 2,477 1,882
3,189
402 2,703
356 327
1~256
1,343 1,063 1,291 1,832
411 1,490 2,337 2,254 2,090
434 3,058
548 7,510
421
2,534 1,861
3,186
369 2,884
374 337 1,229
38,171 38,692 3B,856
38,362 38,469 38,?01
100 101 102
EGGS ~ET AND CHICKS PLACED JN COI1:lr!aCIAL. AREAS., BY -- WEEKE:, - -19-5-7------------
Week Ending
--
. . . . . . . . . Mar.
0
Mar.
0
Apr.
0 0
Apr.
Apr. 0 Apr.
Jl1a!
. . . . . . . 23
30
6
13 : 20
27
4
Nay 0 May 11 : 18
876
563 730 924 200
639 2,056 1,540 1,309
501 2,038
296
5,182 -
200 2,095 1,388
2,519
340 2,083
284 164 1,035
1,000
554 624 930 203 741 2,024 1:,610
1,360
498 2,013
315 5.312
214 2,107
1,336 2,395
401 2,054
319 150 961
26,962 27,121
. 26,501 26,655
102
102
CHICKS PLACED .. THOUSANDS
921
491 725 850 204 666
1;969 1,575 1,354
547 2,064
327 51247
195 2,170 1,319 2,451
375 1,963
288 169 983
921
960
543
467
666
818
968
979
238
200
580
545
2,014 1:,885
1,600 1,651
1,397 1,346
. . 558
572
2,099 2,216
. 372
320
5_,_205 5--'-264
225
241
2,084 2,229
1,300 1,242
2,343 . 2,348
345
377
2,077 2,009
302
315
197
200
11041 . 1_,__031
1,018
543 908 946 225 610
1,999 1, 743 1,244
518 2,257
288
5--'-371 228
2,046
1,353 2,385
356 2,096
281 240 1,062
1, 009
590 886 881
205 621
1,853 1,568 1,387 ' 558 2,271
342
52592
233 2:,193 1,421
2,447 356
2,039 265 . 179
1,024
26,853 27;075 27 ,215 27' 777 27,-920
27,107 27,350 27,272 26,912 27,0~0
99
99
100
- - 103
103
-
1,079 652 945 935 228 580
1,831 1,653 1,259
518 2,303
368
5z70~
208 2,167 1,447 2,362
352 2,113
265 180 1,070
28,220
27,518
103
1,004 560 845 857 188 612
1,795 1,620 1,197
590 2,212
348 . 5, 795
215 2,180 1,348 2,409
376 2,087
315 155 994
27,702
27,580
100
-
_ _P_a=g~- - ~
..0 May 25
-
1,052 679 801 925 191 674
2,175 1,438 1,218
506 2,223
333 52914
205 2,097 1,430 2,503
385 2,103
346 150 953
28,301
27,529
103
GEORGIA: During the month ende
, e ! 1 Commodity Index of Prices Received
by Georgia farmers increased 2 points (one percent) from the level of
April 15. At 248 the index is 6 points or 2.4 percent below a year earlier.
~armers on May 15 were receiving slightly lower prices for cotton, chickens, eggs,
~ oybeans and peanuts compared with the same month a year earlier.
The All Crops index remained unchanged during the month. Lower prices received for potatoes and sweetpotatoes were offset by higher prices for most grain crops.
Farmers were receiving slightly higher prices for hogs, beef cattle and chickens during mid-May. These increases pushed the Livestock and Livestock Products index
~P 5 points during the month. A summary of these indexes and prices with compariso!
i~ found on the reverse side.
UNITED STATES: During the month ended May 15 the Index of Prices Received by
....-
Farmers increased one point (4 .tenths of one percent) from the
revised April index of 242. Higher prices for cattle, cantaloups, apples, and
cotton were primarily responsible for the increase. Partially offsetting were
lower prices for strawberries, milk, wheat, and eggs. The May index at::243 was 3
points above May 1956,
The Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services including Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates as of }iay 15 remained at the mid-April high of 296~ This was the first ru11 in - e--upwara movemen s1nce -the ear y autlifill'lof- 19.56.- A further
i~crease in prices paid by farmers for goods bought for living purposes offset a
~all decline in prices paid for production items. The May Index was up 3 percent from a year earlier.
A~ a result of these changes the Parity Ratio for May 15 was 82, the same as the r~vised ratio for April but 2 percent below a year earlier.
~ ........ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _s~a.!:Y_T!!b_!e_f_2r_t!!e_U!!i~e~ ~t~t~s- .... ____ ........ __ _
Indexes
May 15, : April 15, i' May 15, :
Reo ord high
191o-14w1oo : 1956 : 1957 : 1957 :-Index--=- - -Date --
~--~--------~-~--------------------~---
Prices Received .!1 240
11 242
243
313
Feb. 1951
' r Parity Index -2/
286
1.':
..-arity Ratio
y 84
296
1/ 82
296
296 3/Apr. 1957
82
123
Oct. 1946
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1/ Revised. y Prices Paid, Int~rest, Taxes, and Wage Rates based on data for
:
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ated dates. ]./
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-
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ARCHIE LANGLEY
liJILLIAM E. KIBLER
.". gricultural Statistician, In Charge
Agricultural Statistician
..
.. CMI:>DITY
; AND UNIT
Jheat, Bu.
Corn, Bu.
9ats, Bu. Slreet Pot. 1Cwt. Cotton, Lb.
Gottonseed, Ton
IJar. .
.(bale
d)
,
Ton
Hogs, per Cwt.
Be~ Cat ~le_, Cwt.
Milk Cows, head
:PRICES RECElVED BY FARMERS MAY__15_. 19500: .liTH COMPARISONS
..
Average 191D1914
$ 1.23
$
.91
$
.67
r.m'Rr.T A. May 15, Apr.l5, Ma~ 15,
1956 1957 1 57
1.93
2.08
2..0. 6
1.32
1.34' 1.37
.eo
.81
.82
Average 19091914
.sa
.64
.40
lfU'.l'.l!4 _STATES
May 15, Apr.l5, 1:~ 15,
1956
1957 . '1957
"
2.00
2.05
;
' .. 1.5~ .,
1.39
.. 1.21
I
;. ' '
l o23.
.63
.712
: . ;7'0~
$ 1.53
12.i $ 23.65
$ ---
$ 7.36
5.20 34.0 48.00 25.10 15.20
5.60
33.1
---
23.50
16.50
5.50 33.2
--
23.90 16.90
1.60
12.4
..-22.55
7.27
2.31 32.0 47.30 20.90 15.50
5.08
30.55
--
21.10 .
17. '10
5 .54 :.
....
31. 47
---
; 20, .1.,0. . 17.20
$ 3.96 $ 33.85
12.60 13.20 13.60 105.00 115.00 115.00
5.42 15.40 16.90 48.00 154.00 161.00
: .1..7.50 '. ' ..
16~ -:00
c~.:. ckens, Lb.
13.3
20.5 18.0 18.5 11.4 20.7 18.4
18A
.E:gs s' Ihz
21.4
44,0
36.3
37<5
21.5
37.5
30.8 . 29. (. ..
Butterfat , Lb.
25.8
51.0
51.0
51.0
26.3
58,4
59 .1
59 , 0
Milk ( :shc;le.sale)
per 100/f J}
Soybeans, Bu.
$ 2.43
$ ---
5.60
5.55
5.55
1.60
3.86
3.99 .. 3. 8S .
2.90
2.45
2,40
----
2.98
2.24 ~ . 2. 23 .
1?eanuts , Lb.
5.2
11.2
10.6
10.6
4.8
11.8
11~2 . ... 1 ~. 2
. .. ..
-
..
]j Preliminary for MayIN1m9X5=7=NU=M=B=ER=S=O=F=P=R=IC=E=S =R=EC=E=IV=ED==B=Y =FA=R=M=ER=S=~=N=G=:O=O=RG=IA=====
(January 1910 - J;ecember 1914 A 100)
Ma.y 15, Apr, 15, May 15 '
.
1956
1957
1957
;
All Commodities
254
246
.All Crops
279
268
Grains and Hay
149
151
Cotton Lint
279
273
Peanuts
216
204
Tobacco Cottonseed and Soybeans
373
383
203
209
IrishPotatoes, Sweetpotatoes, Cowpeas 276
307
Fruits tmd Nuts All Livestock and LivestoCk Products
244
179
206
201
Meat Animals
247
264
Poultry and Fggs.
- -- -Da-ir-y-.:.P:. roducts
161
137
225
225
- --- - - - ---
248 I
268
153 273
204
I
I
I 383
209
I
276
179 206
I
I
271
I
I
142 i
I 225
PRICES F.AID BY F.ABMERS FOR SELrorED FEEDS MAY 15 1957 .iiT H COMPARISONS 1}
KIND OF FEED
GIDEG.I A
May 15, 1956 ..
Apr. 15, 1957
May 15, 1957
. '1' .1'; ~ A.~ ~
May 15, Apr. 15, May 1~,
1956
1957 . 1957
i.1i:~. xed Dai!:I Feed
::n Under 29% Protein
16% Protein lB% Protein 20% "Protein 24'7o Protein
3.95
3.85. 4.15
4.05 4.30
4.00 a.95
4.05 4.15 4.40
Dollars Per 100 Pounds
4.00 3.95 4.10 4.20 4.35
3.75 3.69
3.70
3.15
4.05
3.83 3.78 3.77
3.98 4.09
3.80 3.75
3.75 3.97 4 .07
B_:.gh Protein Feeds
C'J"Gtonseed Meal Eb ybean Meal i1.,at Scrap
3 .30
4.15 4.65
3.45
3.60 4.70
3.45
3.65 4.60
3. 71 4.20
4.75
3.82
3.77 4 . 66
-i .so
3.77 11.64
_i-t?:in BI-Products
B:L'tlll
Iii cld.Ungs Com Meal
3.45
3.65 3.60
3.40 3.60 3.55
3.40 3.60 3.50
3.18 3.29
3.64
3.08 3.12 3. 43
3.02
3.08 3.42
Poultry Feed
Broiler Growing Mash Laying Mash Scr atch Grains
5.20
4.95 4.40
5.20 4.85 4.40
5.10 4.85
4.35
5.02 4.57 4.14
4.95 4 .48
4.11
4.91 4 . 46 4.10
H]f(BaJ.ed) faJ.fa
All Other
51.00 43.00
J} As reported by Feed D:lalers
48.00 34.00
50.00 36.00
32.80 29.40
33. 40 30.60
32.20 29. 80
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UNITED STATES
' u. .A .; DEPARTMENT OF
GEORGTIA
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AGRICUL. TURE
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~R~TY~~RGIA
, IVE<SiTY .
o~ GEORGIA AGRICUL.TURAL.
l'
COL.L.EGE OF AGRICUL. TURE
EXTENSION SERVICE
Athens, Georgia
June 5, 1957
BROILER CHICK
IA COOlERCIAL AREAS
During the week ending June 1 commercial hatcheries placed 5,890,000 chicks with
the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the
5,914,000 placed the previous week and is 13 percent more than the 5,214,000
placed the same week last year.
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 7,212,000 compared with 7,510,000 for the previous week and is 10 percent greater than the 6,576,000 for the corres-
ponding week last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average
of 59 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was
reported at $10.50 per hundred. These prices compare with 58 cents and $10.25 for the previous week and 81 cents and $14.50 one year ago. Egg prices shown
relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise,
Weighted average prices from the Federal~State Market News Service for broiler8
~~v::-ing the week ending June 1 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 1/2 .. ) 3/4 pounds; at farms 20.00; FOB plants 21.00.
(See reverse side for other states)
li '. GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS .. PERIOD JI1ARCH 30 THROUGH JUNE 1,.. 1957
Date
-Eggs
- ~Cliicks!Iatchea
- - inSh~pnfents - T"o""tl:O. -placed
Week
~nding
. . Set
Placed in Georgia
of Chicks
on Farms
1956 I 1957
1956 : 1957
l9S6 19$7 1956 1957
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Mar. 30 Apr. 6
Apr. 13 Apr. 20 Apr. 27 May 4 May .11 KJ.y 18 May 25
June 1
6,217 6,223 6,328 6,365 6,364 6,451 6,557 6,531
6,537 6,576
6,289 6,538 6,768 7,139 7,121 7,333 7,269 7,627
7,510 7,212
4,040 4,200 4,208 4,255 4,226 4:,362 4,390 4,349
4,331 4,400
4:,705 4,626
4, 637 4,645 4,669 4,882 5,030 5;156 5,276 5,208
785
607 4,825 5,312
709
621 4,909 5,247
769
568 4,977 5,205
801
619 5,056 5,264
681
702 4,907 5,371
757
698 5,119 5,592
732
675 5,122 5,705
742
639 5,091 5,795
799
638 5,130 5,914
814
682 5,214 5,890
lf Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.
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\VILLIAM E. KIBLER
Agricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
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- -.- ---,..-' .. -----1--.. :;_ . STA_T~ ~ tiay ..: Hay :
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Ju..YJ.e
-------------:- ~\;)a-k- -E-n--d-i-n--'~:---------- - -- - - - - - - -- - - - - -- -- -- -- - - - - - - - --- - - - - -- Har. : Apr. : Apr. : Apr. : Apr. : ~:1ay : May : Hay : Iviay : June
_____________ - '. -. --:- ---. -
- - ----------+I-- 1iaine
18 : 25 : 1
E~S~E!_:_~~~~~mS 1,400 1,343 1, 314
:._
_
30 :
6 : 13 : 20 : 27 : 4 : ll : 18 : 25 :
1
. -- --- -- ------ ---- -- ----- ------~--- --- ----- --- -- -- - -- - -- ----- - -------.- - - -- --- - - - -------- ---- ---- --------- ---- -~-
-- ------ -- - _ ___________CH~g!~S _P~C_)?~__: _'JHQ!I?J31J2S- ---- -- -- -------- ------ - __ ________ ----------- -
1,000 921
921
960 1,018 1,.609 1,079 1,004 1,052
985
Connecticut
1,02) 1,063 1,041
554
491
543
467
5!.d . 590
652
560
679
619
Pennsylvania .
1,:246' 1, 291 1, 221
624
725
666
818
908 886
945
845
801
783
Indi~~a
~,$66 1,832 1,832
930
850
908
979
946 881
935
857
925
916
llliriois
456 . 411
401
203
204
238
200
225 2.05
22 8
188
191
184
I1i ssouri
1, 494 1,490 1,492
741
666
580
545
610 621
580
612
674
573
Delaware
2,354 2,337 2,349
2,024 1,969 2,014 1, 885 1,999 1.853 1,831 1,795 2,175 1,921
Maryland. Virginia
2,247 2,254 2,277 2,039 2~090 2,068
1,610 1,575 1, 600 1,651 1,743 1~568 1,653 1,620 1,438 1,360 1,354 1,397 1,346 1,244 1,387 1 ~259 1,197 1,218
1,525 1,319
\rJest Virginia Nprth Carolina South Carolina
GEORGIA
Florida Alabama 1,lissi~sippi
422 . -434 2,997 3,058
483 548
7.627 . 7,510 - 446 421
2,477 2,534 1,"882 1;861
416
3,0~8
492 7, 212
398
2,525 1,944
498 2,013
315
5.312 21_4
2,107 1;336
547 2,064
327
5,247 195
2,170 1,319
558 2,099
372
5,205 225
2;084 1,300
572 2,216
320
5,264 241
2,229 1,242
578 2, 257
288
5,_371 228
2,046 1,353
558 2,271
342
5,592 233
2,193" 1,421
518 2,303
368
5, 705 208
2,167 1,447
590 2,212
348
5,195 215
2,180 1,348
506
544
2,223 2,214
333
353
5,914 5, 890
I '2o5
2,097
264 "2,297
1,430 1,464
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas :
vJashin&_ton
Oregon __
California "
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TOTAL 195.'1,. > -~
. :' ....
TOTAL :19,%6 ,.
3,189 3,186 402 369
2,703 2,884 35'6 374 327 337
1,256 1,229
:~."''
38,~?2 : .,38,856
38,469 38,-201
3,192 380
2,815 393 334
1,292
38,406
38,153
2,395 401
2,054 319 150 961
27,121
26,655
2,451 375
1,963 288 169 983
26,853
27,107
2,343 345
2,017 302 197
1,041
27~075
27,350
2,348 377
2,009 315 200
1,031
27,215
27' 272
2,385 356
2,096 281 240
1,062
2,447 356
2,039 265 119
1,024
27,777 27,920
26,912 27,039
2,362 352
2,113 265 -180
1,070
28,220
27,518
2,409 376
2,087 315 155 994
27,702
27,580
2, 503 385
2,103 346 150
953
2,397
3~4
2,098 297 175 965
28,177
28,028
1957 %Of l956
101 102
1C1
102
99
99
100
103 103
103
100
103
101
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At hens, Georgia
June 11,
GENERAL CROP REPORT FOR GLORGIA AS OF JUNE l, 1957
\ieather' conditions varied considerably with,in the Stat~ . during May~ Rainf all was well -.bove long term averages for all parls of the State except the northiJ~s-t and extre 1,e n orch central sections .during the ml!>nth,- F'armng- operations were s o,newhat behind s cheau e . lii- all areas due to continued rains Planting of all crops except those that follow small grains has been completed, Most farmers need a few days of fair weather t, cultivate crops, cut early hay and col!J)lete harvest of small
~rains,
Barvest of wheat has been delayed slight~ and was just beginning in most areas. Oats and barley have been damaged by lodging, especially in central and southern
area~ where rainfall has been heaviest. MUch of the grain that has been blown
over will~_mold due to abundant moisture and will not be picked up in harvesting. Ha~ crops have made rapid growth and are in very good condition due t~ excellent su /plies of moisture. However, many growers encount ered difficulty with early c.Lt t ing due to continued rains that hampered harvest operations. Insect and disease . .~amag e to crops is reported much heavier than usual due to the continued damp
~roathe r,
fEACH PROSPECTS DECLINE: A very heavy drop of young fruit during May decreased
r-
prospects fer the Georgia peach crop . The crop cur-
rently estimated at 2,6001 000 bushels or 63 percent above last year's short crop of 1,6oo,ooo bushels. May 1 conditions indicated a peach crop of 2,840,000 bushels
but many varieties shed a good portion of the young fruit set due to lack of l eaf
foliag e caused by a mild winter and the latest forecast based on June 1 condition
dropped prospe cts from Hay 1 fo!'ecast by _8 percent,
Harvest of early varieties - Hiland, Pm{e of Georgia, and Red Caps was underway on June 1 with volume moveme~ of Dixiered, ErlY-Red-Fre, Hiley and Dixiegem expe cted to begin about mid-June,
!i_T~}-I ACRE WHE.AT YIE.ID EXPECTED: Continued rains delayed harvest of the Ge orgia
.
wheat crop during May but yield prospects are
tr~ ~ll very good, Produc-t;.ion, based on May conditions, is forecast at 2,040,000
bushtJls, 16 per~ent below the 1956 crop of 2,436, 000 bushels and due primarily
to a r eduction in acreage of 12 percent, Current prospe cts, however, po jnt te a yield of 20 bushe ~ an acre, slightly below the 1956 r~cord high yield of 21 bushels.
RECORD EnG PRODUCTION IN MAY: Farm flocks i~ the State laid ll7 million eggs
during May, this is the larg est egg product ion on .
r ecord for May. Th e previous r ecord high for May was 112 million eggs i n 1956, l'he ~ 1957 production of 117 mil lion eggs is over two. and one-half times ~r eat er than
,.,, lowest production on r ecord -- 43 million eggs in b~th 1933 and 1935. The av-
erage number of e ggs prcxiuced per layer in May was 18.2 - this is also above the pr ev~ous May high of 18.1 in 1956.
iJITI,K PRODUCTION DECLIN.S FRCM 1956s Milk prod~etion during May 1957 totaled 109
.
million pounds, This is . a decline of one
million pounds frcm May 1956 production of 110 million pounds-, The r ecord high for
milk production during the month of May is 114 million pounds produced in 1946.
The decrease in milk production d:\U'ing May is duo primarily to . th e decline in milk
~ew numbers from }!lay 1956. The average daily mi lk production per cow in .Qerd
d'n:i.ng May was 11 .-7 pounds compar ed with U,6 pounds in May 1956.
~-.:....
J ARCHIE LANGlEY
Agri~~ltural Statistician In Charge
WILLIAM E. . KIBLER Agricultural Statistician
UNIVERSITY OF GE<JRGIA
JUN12 '57
LIBRA RIES
UNITED STATES - GLNERAL CROP RLPffiT AS OF JUNE 1, 1957.
prop prospects over much of the Nation appear favorable for a large total production. Serious delays in planting and losses of early stands from heavy and continued rains are depressing factors in a number of important Central and South Central areas. Favorable factors include generally adequate moisture supplies, good development of most fall seeded crops, fair to good starts for some spring crops and excellent forage growth.
Cotton needs warm, dry weather in many sections to help overcome lateness and aid :replanted stands. The tobacco crop is being well set generally and getting an expellent start in most areas. Peanut stan~ look good in the Virginia-carolina and Southeastern areas. Sugar beets have been planted under favorable conditions. Rice early plantings are promising. Many spring oats seedings were late while disease and storm buffetings have reduced ~lelds in some winter plantings. Dry pea acreage in the Northwest was greatly delayed and considerable acreage was shifted to other cropso
CORN: As of June 1, many farmers were behind schedule in planting the 1957 corn crop. Across the southern part of the Corn Belt and in the South Central
States, excessive rains and flooding have delayed field work and washed out considerable acreage already planted.
ALL WHEAT: All wheat production in 1957 is forecast at 971 million bushels A crop of this size would be 3 percent less than the 1956 production of
997 million bushels and 14 percent less than average. The prospective winter
vyheat crop of 736 million bushels is practically the same as the 1956 crop and production of all spring wheat in 1957 is expected to be 10 percent smaller than the 1956 crop.
PF~CHES: The 1957 peach crop is forecast at 71,398,000 bushels -- 2 percent above last year and ll percent above average. Prospects are for the largest
U. s. crop since 1947. The crop will be below both average and the 1956 crop in
the North Atlantic and Central States, while the South Atlantic . and Western States expect crops which will be above both average and last year. It.appears that for the second successive year California will produce a record large clirigstone peach erop.
A crop of 11,716,000 bushels is now in prospect for the 9 Southern States, 6 per.:.. cent above last year and 7 percent above average. Compared with last month~ not quite as large a crop is expected in North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,
~rkansas or Texas. In both South Carolina and Louisiana, prospects remain the
same as a month ago. Oklahoma shows a slight increase over last month. In North Carolina, a good crop is still in prospect. There was som3 hail damage in the Sandhills area during May but it will affect quality rather than quantity. 1'1ayflower peaches moved in limited quantity the last week of May. South Carolina 3uffered hail damage May 15 but a 5-million bushel crop is in prospect. Abundant soil moisture is assuring good growth. Harvest of early varieties in the Ridge section will begin near June 10. In Georgia there was a heavy drop of small fruit on some varieties because of insufficient foliage. There is wide variation in the size of fruit because of irregular and prolonged bloom, Which resulted from insufficient chilling during dormancy. Harvest will be about 10 days later than 'USual. In the Fort Valley area, movement of the crop began the week of May 27 and should reach a peak about mid-June.
MILK PRODUCTION: Milk production on farms reached a record high of 13,122 million pounds in Hay -- 2 percent more than l'Iay last year ani 6 percent
above the 1946-55 average for the month. Production increased seasonally more rapidly than in 1956, but did not increase as much as usual from April to May. The volume of milk produced irLMs; was enpugh to provide each person in the United States with 2.48 pounds daily, almost the same quantity as May last year, but was
5 percent less than the average for the date. Milk production in the first 5 mmths
of 1957 totaled 54.7 billion pounds compared with 54.3 billion pounds for the same period last year.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE
~GOA
~OLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
J/
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VEGETABLE CRqP RE_EOJ!T FOR Jl!NE 1, 1951
--- 11, 19.57 )/j
~ UNITED STATES: AdYerse weather during May reduced prospects for the nationls
,
II~
1
i
s
now
spring estimated to be
vegetable 7 percent
crops. Production of spring vegetables below 19.56 but 6 percent above average,
this year the Crop
Reporting Board announced today. Lighter production this year resulted from a
reduction in acreage and lower yield, Compared with last year, significantly less
spring produ.ction is indicated -for cant-al-oups, tomatoes, sweet corn, onions, water~
melons, honeydew melons, green peppers and carrots. Partially offsetting these der
clines are marked increases in production for lettuce, asparagus, cauliflower, '
cucumbers and . cabbage, Acreage estimates of summer vegetable crops made to date
indicate an increase of 9 percent over 19.56. Last year these crops comprised over
two-thirds of the total summer acreage, Of these summer crops, onions and water-
melons show the largest increases in acreage,
CAN!ALOUPS: Production of spr~~ cantaloupe is forecast at 3,334,000 cwt., 28
-
percent less thiiiiTast year and 1.5 percent below average, Smaller
crops are indicated in all States. In California, harvest in the Imperial Valley
began about May 5 and the heaviest shipping period was about May 29. Due to un-
favorable weather during May, the California crop is not developing as well as was
expected earlier, Quality and flavor of melons harvested to date have been above
average, Late May rains caused additional damage in Texas. Harvesting in the
Valley was practically finished but considerable acreage in the Laredo area, which
did not come into production until late May and early June was affected. There is
still considerable late acreage in the Laredo and Winter Garden areas remaining
for harvest. If weather conditions improve, volume supplies will continue to move
during June, Condition of the Florida crop is mostly poor to fair due to disease
and excessive rainfall. Harvesting is now in progress with the peak movement in
dicated for the last week of May and the first two weeks of June,
- .
The early
~um- m~r
crop
of
---
cantaloupe is forecast
at
890,000
cwt,,
5
percent
more
than last year, but 48 percent below the average, The decrease is due to a sharp
drop in acreage in Arizona, In South Carolina, the crop is in good condition but
vrC_l be a little later than last year, Light marketings are expected to start
arvund June 20 with the heaviest shipments likely around July 10. The Georgia crop
was damaged by heavy rains in the principal areas. Light harvesting is expected
in the southern areas around June 10-15,. In Arizona, the Harquahala and Parker
districts are expected to start harvesting about June 17.
3WEET CORN: Production of the early sprin'f crop is now forecast at 1,900,000 cwt. Loss of acreage due to excess-ve rains in Texas and decreased yield
prospects in Florida are responsible for the decline from the May forecast. Indicated production is 36 percent below 1956 and 7 percent below average. In
Florida, harvest was practically complete by June 1 in the Everglades area where
blight reduced yields. Harvest in the Manatee-Ruskin area is past peak and move~J9nt is expected to decline rapidly, Active harvest is underway at Zellwood.
~!ovement in volume from this area will continue during most of June. Harvest in
the Lower Valley and other early areas of south Texas is expected to finish by about June 10, Progress of sweet corn in the later areas extending from the cen~ tral to northeast Texas was retarded by cool, wet weather with some loss of acreag(
on low lands. Harvest in these areas will start the latter part of June and continue until ar_ound mid-July.
Based on June 1 crop conditions, the late spr~~ crop is now forecast at 670,000 cwt., slightly .below last year and 20 percent less than average. The South Carolina crop is making good progress. Peak movement is expected in late June and early July. In Georgia, insect damage has been serious and control has been
difficult. Harvest in the main commercial areas is expected to begin around June .0. The Alabama crop is making good progress. Harvest is underway and volume
movement will ccntinue during most of June. In California, harvest is near co~ pletion in the Imperial and Coachella Valleys. The season is winding up earlier
than usual due to the very high temperatures. Harvest in the Edison-Arvin area is expected to _begin early in June.
ONIONSs Late spri~ production is now forecast at 2,200,000 cwt., 46 percent more than last year and 7 percent above average. Harvest is nearing completion
in Georgia where yield and quality have been generally good. HarTest of the North Carolina crop will be active during June. Weather during May was unfavorable for development of onions. in practic.ally all areas of north Texas. Excessive rains
-,
- 2-
Ve~eta~le Cr~E ~~ort for June 11 1957 (Continued)
,ONIONS: Cont.: prevailed during most of the period. Blight reduced yield prospects on older fields and young. plants have made poor growth. .
Hovcnient has been very light from north. :Texas .but harvc:st can be increased rapidly
i f the...fj_ elds dry up. Harvest is active :i..ri Atizona and movement is about at pc; alc,
Hee.vy rriOYement is expected to continue until the crop is cleaned up. Harvest in Ker n County and the Imperial Valley, California is virtually complete but it is now active in the Stockton area. Volume movement is underway in this area.
TOMATOES: Production of late sp~in~ tomatoes is estimated at 1,296,000 cwt., 9
percent more thailffi e 19 6 crop but 8 percent less than average. The
South . Carolina crop is in :.good condition. A light movement started in early June
and peak movement is expected during the last half of the month. In Georgia, harvesting began the last wc;ek of I1ay. The first tomatoes have been of poor quality, due to excessive moisture and late blight. Harvesting of the rtlssissippi crop has started and volume movement is expected during June. In Louisiana, picking began in th e New Orleans area nround .i'-1ay 15, but did not commence in the vJhitehall area until the last week of Nay. In Texas, cool weather in cent%'al areas and excessive rain over most of East and Northeast Texas has r esulted in the low yields in prospect for these areas. Harvest in th e i~lanc-Gause and Jacksonville areas was not expected to b ogin until June 5-10, about 10 days later than usual, and will probably be finished by June 30. Very little movement is expected from. the Avery area until late June and harvesting there is expected to continue until mid-July. The quality of East Texas tomatoes will .depend on weather the r emainder of the season.
~E~'iliLONS: Production of lat~.sEri~g watermelons is estimated at 9,213,000 c:~., 6 percent below last year but 29 percent larger than average. Th1s
decreas e in production from last year resulted from a smaller acreage in California and lower yield prospects in Florida. Pe ak volume of harvesting in Florida is expected around mid-June. Harvesting was practically over in South Florida and about half completed in the Leesburg area on June 1. Grops in North Florida are in good condition and harvesting in this area will become very active during the first half of June. Prospects in the early summer States are for a crop of 20,604,000 ct~., 10 perc ent more than last year and average. In North and South Carolina, the crop is in good condition but a little late because of cool weather. Heavy movement in South Carolina is expected to start in early July and peruc around July 15. Movement from North Carolina will be ten days to two weeks later. In Geo.rgia, vine growth is good but many fields are beginning to show the effects 9f too much moisture . This is causing some ear~ melons to shed, and disease to be a problem in older fields. No shipments are expected until after June 20, ah out 10 days later than usual. The Alabama crop is generally in good condition 2.- t~1ough washing rains have caused a considerable amount of replanting and some o.ands are spotty. Me lons in Hississippi are making good progress but are late Ol-caus e of wet weather, Hovement is expected from Ge orge County about July 1. The Arkansas crop is qui t e late and may be subject to damage from hot, dry weather later in th e season. In Louisiana, excessive rainfall during April and Hay has been detrimentQl to the melon crop. Stands are poor and the moro advanced plants are only sho~ving a light s et. Harvest will be later than usual , starting around July 1. In Oklahoma, excessive rains have destroyed considerable acreage and r eplanting is still in pr ogr ess. In Texas, yield prospects on the r emaining acreage eire slightly better tLan last year. A light harvest started in late May
in Soutq Texas but voltu1te pr0ciuction will be much later than usual and will extend. V
into July. Central Texas will not start picking until late June pnd harvesting is . not expect~d to begin in ,East Texas until after July 10. Frequent, . he ~vy r~in,s in Central, North, and..East Texas have delayed planting and caused .e. los~ of considGrable acreage . Replanting is still going oh. The accompanying cool weather has slowed vine growth and Texas melons are all late ~ Since inoi'sture is abundant this year, the harvest season should extend over a lopg_er periqd than sual._ .Arizona - melons began-moving May 27, a week e ar lier than last ye ~. Watermelons th ere show a r elatively light set and siz es are small. In California, harvest should begin ~bout July 1 in th e Kingsburg ar ea and will start in the Atwater-Turlock district lat~r in July.
LIMA BEANS: S~ring production is estimated at 98,000 cwt., 26 percent more than the 1956 production but 21 percent below average. The South Carolina })
crop is in good condition and developing well. Light movement is eA~ect ed in early June with the heaviest movement starting around mid-June. In Florida, marketings .. r eached & peak in late May but a good volume is exppcted through the first half of June. Harvesting is about over in Central Florida and the remaining supplies will come from North Florida.
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I_:_ PER ACREAGE AND INDICATED PRODUCTION REPORTED TO DATE..!. 1957 WITH C011PARISONS
CROP
ACR'EAGE
YIELD ACRE . ffiODUCTION
AND
Aver age
Ind. I Av.- - - - I-nd. Average
Ind.
1949-55 1956 1957 49-55 1956 1957 1949-55 1956 1957
STATE
- Acres -
- C\'rt. -
- 1,000 em. -
-------------~----------~--~---4----~--------T-------------- - ---
Cf,11TTALOUPS :
. . . .sprin_g:
Floride..
1,590 2,400 2;000
45 58 40
71 139
80
Texas. .1 s,69o 16,ooo 15,5oo 1 64 8o 45
613 1,280 698
Arizona 13,340 17,5oo 13,6oo I 123 110 110 1,659 1,925 1,496
Co.1iforni n 15,090 13 ,100 10, 600 105 100 100 1,58J 1, 310 1,~~~
Group Total - 38,- 700-4- 9,- 00- 0 ~4~ 1,7- 00;--1- 02---- 95--+- 80-'-- 3,-9- 32-- 4- ;6- 51+-.-3-, 354
~~-00 Ear1_y -~uq.~~:
South Carolina. ;,8;;
6: 600 1 37 32 - ;8 .
214 198
251
Geor gia 8,460 8,600 9;400
57 48 52
484 413 489
Arizona. 9,230 2, 500 1,500 108 96 100 1,018 240 150
Group total . , -23-,~5-40--1~7-,3-0-0--1-7~,5-0-0+----7-3----49----5-1-~--1,715 851
890
S~~ET CORIIT : \!Tinter: .2.~230 6, 600_1_1..::..,3_0_o-+_ _69_ _7_5_ _7_0-t-__3_7_8__4_9_5 __7_91
2~r:l:z SJ?rin_g: Fl.orida. . 22:,610 27,300 24,500 'i'Gxas. 10:300 , ?.1.~00 4....t400
71 100 70 1,616 2,730 1,715
hl 35 42
426 25:-..2_ _1_82
Gr oup total 32 , 910 3!-~.,500 28,900 L&te Spring:
62- - 8-6 - - 66- - t2-,0-42 2,982 1, 900
South Carolina! 2,330 1,500 1,500 1' h5 37 5o
105 56
75
Georgia 2,060 2,100 2,400
29 35 35
59 74
84
1 Alabama. 1
California.
4,360 2,800 7 , 1~ 6,200
2,500
5,700
43 L~o 45
187 112 112
68 - - -70- - -70t - - 483 434
399
Group total 15, 860 12,600 12 , 100
53 54 55
834 676 670
-- -- ONILO~i~~S~:t!p~~~~
1
na~-
---=
-
-~~---~~~~
-
~
-
125
G~ org~a . . . 1,060 700
700
78 100 115
--- ...,__
125
84 70
80
Lo1.1isiana . 2!+0 --- ---
47 --- ---
12 ---
Toxas 8,330 5,500 5;700
34 27 28
282 148 160
Ari zona, 1,230 850 2,000 310 375 300 308 319 600
Cnliforni a ~~-..:...70~0-.-3~,w..;.8...-o_o-+_2_7:...0~---3-6._o_...3...2~~5--+-l-,-2.8 2 972 1, 235.
Group total. 15, 680 9, ?50 13,200 132 155 167 .2..t~~-~8 1,509 2,200
TOHATOES : Late Spring:
i I
South CQ.rolina 4,310 6,000
I 6, 700
36
37
40
---
157 222 268
Georgia. 11,590 12, 000 12, 600
39 40 37
448 430 466
}Iississippi. 1,570 l, ;)oo ~ 2, 700
26 45 43
37 68 116
Louisiana. . 1,210 l, uoo 1,000
39 40 39
48 40
39
_ Texas. ~]Q_l~ q,QQ 18. 500
3.1 _22_~_2--+_Ill_) 75 _ __kQ7
_i_f __G_ro_u.p__to_t_a_l 41, 1~0 35 , 500 41,500 ~+-~--~~
WA.TER1'1ELONS:
31+ 33 31 1';407 1,185 1,296 -
~l_y Summer:
North Carolina 11,060 11,000 12;000 South Carolina 42,000 40,000 43, 000
49 50 55
540 550 660
56 52 60 2,350 2,080 2,560
_toorgia. - . 52,710 57,000 61;000 Alabama 17,010 19, 000 19,000 ~1ississippi. 10, 31+0 14,000 13 ,000 Arkansas 10,000 11,300 12,000
Louisiana. 4, 540 3, 900 4; 300 Oklahoma . 15,460 11,500 10,000
Texas llO,l40XD,OOO 115,000
Arizona. 5,100 5, 000 5,500
California 10, 370 12,000 12,000
78 78 78
91 90 95
70 67 80 84 89 80
75 85 70 64 60 65
48 44 47 139 165 150 131 140 135
4,109 4, 446 1,540 1,710
729 938 . 839 1,006
344 332 999 690
5,252 4,400
710 825 1,356 1,680
4, 758 1,805 l,OLO
9 6~
3CJ. 65C
5,40S 825
1,620
Grou!J total 288,740 2fu, 700 306,800
65 66 67 1 8,768 18.5)57 20,604
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ARCHIE LANGLEY A.gricultural Statistician, In Charge
L. H. HAimi S, JR. Vegetable Crop Estimator
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
DEPART~NT u.s.
OF AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA.
Athens, Georgia
JUN 14 '57
June 12, 1957
LIBRARIES
BROILER CHICK RE~!.:nJ... _...._'-'!" ,,...,.A1 COMMERCIAL AREAS
During the week ending June 8 commercial hatcheries placed 5,877,000 chicks with
the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the
5,890,000 placed the previous week and is 11 percent more than the 5,280,000 .
placed the same week last year,
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 7,213,000 compared with 7,212,000 for the previous week and is 11 percent greater than the 6,516,000 for the corres-
ponding week last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average
of 59 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at $10.50 per hundred. These prices are identical with the previous week and compare with 79 cents and $14.25 one year ago. Egg prices shown
relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs wl1ether bought on contract or otherwise.
Weighted average prices from the Federal~State Market News Service for broilers
during the week ending June 8 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 1/2 3 3/4 pounds; at farms 20.00; FOB plants 21.00.
(See reverse side for other states)
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS ~ PERIOD APRIL 6~ ,_ THROUGH JUNE 8 1957
Date
E-gg'S
Ghicks Hatched 1/ Inshipments ___ Total Placed
Week Ending
.. Set
Placed in Georgia
of Chicks
on Farms
1956 : 1957
1956 s 1957
1956 1957 1956 : 1957
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Apr. 6
Apr. 13 Apr. 20 Apr. 27 May 4 May 11 May 18 May 25 June 1 June 8
6,223 6,328 6,365 6,364 6,451 6,557 6,531 6,537 6,576 6,516
6,538 6;768 7,139 7,121
7,333 7,269 7,627 7,510 7,212 7,213
4,200 4,208 4,255 4,226 4,362 4,390 4,349 4,331 4;400
1~,465
1+', 626 4,637 4,645 4,669 4,882 5,030 5,156 5,276 5,208 5,215
709
621 4,909 5,247
769
568 4,977 5,205
801
619 5,056 5,264
681
702 4,907 5,371
757
698 5,119 5,592
732
675 5,122 5,105
742
639 5,091 5,795
799
638 5,130 5,914
814 682 5,214 5,890
815
662 5,280 5,877
1/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.
WILLIAM E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEYAgricultural Statistician In Charge
,r
- - - - -- - ---- -- --E==GG=S SET AlqD CHICKS ]?LACED TilT CO}'!MERG'IAL AREAS , BY 1rJEEKS ~--'1~9~5~7_ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _~PL!a~g:,s:;e_2t-.-~
- -- - - S--T-A-T-E-- - - -
- -Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois }1issouri Delaware l'lc>.ryland Virginia 1rJest Virgi nia North Carolina Scuth Carolina
-FGElOcRriGdIAa
Alabama l'lississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas vJashington Oregon California
TOTAL -1957
~~ ..O~:T.AL 1956
1-~57 %.:. . .of 1956
::
"\A!eek "Endi ng
. . --M-a-y-
:
---J-un-e--
-
:
-Ju-n- e--
- ....--- - -. Apr.
Apr .
. . .. 25
1 :
8
..
6 : 13
. Apr . ---- -~--
:
-
--Apr .
- --
:
-- J.lllay
-
- --
:
- - Nay :
--M--a-y
--
----: May
-
-- -June
-
Jun
e
-
20
27 : 4 : 11 : 18 : 25
1
8
:
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS
1,31..J.3
1,063
1,291
1,832
411
1, 490
2, 337
' 2,254 2, 090
I
434 3,058
I 548 7,510
I 421
l 2,534
1,861
3,186
369
I
'I 2,884
I I
374
337
I 1, 229
1,314 1,041 1,221 1, 832
401 1,492 2,349 2,277 2,068
416 3, 018
. 492
7,212
398 2,525 1,944 3,192
380 2,815
393 334 1,292
1,343 959
1,189 1,938
401 1,567 2,354 2,298 2, 190
366 3,041
. 532
7,213
480
2,540 1,796 3, 181
386 2, 8h2
416
299 1,112
921 491 725 850 204 666 1, 969 1,575 1,354 . 547 2,064 327 5,247
195 2,170 1,319 2,451
375 1,963
288 169 983
CH--IC--KS- PLACED - THOUSANDS 921 ' 960 1,018 1,009 1,079
543 . 467
543 590
652
666
818
908 886
977
968
979
946 881
935
238
200
225 205
228
580
545
610 621
580
2,014 1, 885 1, 999 1,853 1,831
1,600 1,651 1,743 1,568 1, 653
1, 397 1, 346 1,244 1,387 1,259
558
572
578 558
518
2,099 2,216 2,257 2,271 2,303
372
329
288 342
368
5,205 5,264 5, 371 5,592 5,705
225
241
22 8 233
208
2,084 2,229 2,046 2,193 2,167
1,300 1; 242 1,353 1,421 1,1+47
2,343 2,3L.8 2,385 2,447 2, 362
345 2,077
302
197
377 25 055
315 208
356 2J096
281 240
356 2, 039
265
179
352 2: 113
265 180
l,Ohl 1,031 1,062 1, 024 1,070
1,004 560 889 857 188 612
1, 795 1, 620 1,197
590 2,212
348 5, 795
215 2,180 1,348 2,409
376 2, 087
315
- .J r'
.L>_:)
994
1 , p52 679 801
925 191 674 2 ,175 1,438 1 ,218 506 2,223
333 5 ,914
18)~
2 ,097 1 ,430 2 ,503
385 2, 103
346 150
953
985 1,070
619
576
783
773
916 1,091
184
195
573
657
1,921 1, 923
1,525 1,505
1, 319 1,162
544
547
. 2, 214 2, 287
353
365
5,8ZQ__ 5,877
264
208
2,297 2,171
1, 464 1:, 494.
2,397 2,638
394
445
- 2,098 297
2 '
21 6 270
175
147
965
888
'
I
38,856
i 38,201
102
38,406 38,153
101
38,L!.48 37,404
103
26,853 27, 075
f7 ,107 27,350
I 99 . 99
1
"j
27,278 27' 272
100
27, 777 26,912
103
27,920 28 , 252 27,746 28' 280
27 _,030 27,518 27,580 27 ,529
28 ,177 28,.605 28,028 28,099
103
1-.03
101
103
101
102
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE -UHI'/ERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
JUN 21. I I
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF A\.RICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG ., ATHENS , GA.
June 19, 1957
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS
Dur i ng the week ending June 15 commercial - h~tcheries placed 6, 002, 000 chicks
with the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with
the 5, 877, 000 placed the previous week and is 11 percent more than the 5, 386, 000
placed the same week last year.
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 7, 131,000 compared with 7, 213,000 for the previous week and is 3 percent greater than the 6, 896, 000 for the corres-
ponding we ek last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an aver.age
of 60 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at $10.75 per hundred. These prices compare with 59 c e nts and $10. 50 for the previous week and 75 cents and $13.25 one year ago. Egg prices shown
relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or othe rwis e .
Weighte d average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broile rs
during the we e k ending June 15 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 1/23 3/4 pounds; at farms 20,00~; FOB plants .. ZL. OO~.
(See reverse side for .other states)
GEORGIA CHICK PlJACEMENT BY WEEKS
PERIOD APRIL 13 , THROUGH JUNE 15, 1957
Date yYeek
-
_ Eg_gs S:et
-
Ending 1956 : 1957
Chicks Hatched 1I
. . Placed ht G e orgia 1956 1957
- - Inshipme_nts_
of Chicks
Total Placed on Farms
1956 : 1957
1956 1957
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Thou s ands
Apr. 13 6,328 6,768 4,208 Apr. 20 6,365 . 7, 139 4,255
4,637 4,645
769 568 801 619
Apr. 27 6,364 71 121 4, 226 4, 669
681 702
May 4 6,451 7,333 4,362 4,882
757 698
May 11 6, 557' 7., 269 4,390
5,030
732 675
May 18 6, 531 7,627 4,349 5, 156
742 639
M~y 25 6;537 7, 510 4, 331
5,276
799 638
June .1 6, 576 7,212 4, 400 5, 208
814 682
June 8: 6, 516 7, 213 4, 465 5, 215
815 662
June 15 6, 896 7, 13 i 4, 578
5,266
8oe 736 -
1/ Exclusive of hat ching s shiPPed into states outside of Geor gia.
4,977 5,056
4,907 5, 119 5, 122
5, 091 5, 130 5, 214 5, 280 5,386
5,205 5, 264 5, 371 5, 592 5,705
5,795 5,914 5, 890 5, 877 6,002
WILLIAM E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultura l Statistician In Charge
r
STATE
..
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia We st Virginia North C-'\rolina Sout h Carolina GEORGIA
~ lorida
Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana T exas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1957
TOTAL -1956
1957 o/0 of 1956 . '
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS- 1957 Page 2.
Week Ending
.....
June : June . June
Apr. .. Apr. . Apr. : May : May : May : May : June : 'J u ne June
1
.a
15
13
2.0
2.7
4
11
18
2.5
1
8
15
EGGS SET- THOUSANDS
CHICKS PLA CED - THOUSANDS
1, 314 I 1, 041 1,2.2.1 1, 832. '
401 1, 492. 2.,3 4 9 2.,2.77 2.,068
416 3,018 . 492. 7,2.12
398 2, 52.5 1,944 3, 192.
380 2.,815
393 33 4 1, 2.92 .
1, 348
959 -1, 189 1,938
401 1,567 2.,354 2.,2.98 2., 190
366 3,041
532. 7,2.13
4 80 2., 540 1, 796 3, 181
386 2.,842.
416
299 1, 112.
1, 153 982.
1, 057 1,840
375 1, 598 2.,337 2,388 2., 130
370 2.,995
535
7' 131 399
2,575 1, 766 3,266
395 2.,854
2.7 4 276 1, 336
.38, 406 . 3~. 448 38, 032
92.1 543 666 968 2.38 580 2.,014 1,600 1, 397 558 2.,099 372. 5,2.05 2.2.5 2.,084 1,300 2,343 345 2.,077 302. 197 1, 041
27,075
960 1,018 467 543 818 908 979 946 2.00 22.5 545 610 1, 885 1,999 1, 651 1,743 1,346 1, 2.44 572. 578 2.,2.16 2.,2.57 32.9 2.88 5 2.64 5 371 2.41 228 2.,2.2.9 2.,046 1,2.42 1, 353 2.,348 2.,385 377 356 2.,055 2.,096 315 281 2.08 240 1, 031 1, 062
2.7, 2.78 2.7, 777
. 1, 009
590 886 881 2.05 62.1 1, 853 1, 568 1, 387 . 558 2., 2.71 . .34 2.
51 5_92. 233
2, 193 1, 421 2., 447 .
356 2,039 . "265
179 1,024
1,079 652.
977 935 2.2.8 580 1, 831 1, 653 1, 2.59 518 2.,303 368
5.705
2.08 2., 167 1, 447 2.,362.
3 52. . 2., 113
2.65 180 1, 070
1,004 560
889 857 188 612. 1, 795 1, 62.0 1, 197 590 2.,2.12. 34 8
5.72.5 215
2, 180 1, 34 8 2, 409
376 2.,087
315 155 99 4
1,052.
679
801 92.5 191 674 2., 17 5 1, 438 1,2.18 506 2.,2.2.3 333
5.2.1 4 184
2,097 1, 430 2, 503
385 2, 103 . 346
150 . 953
985
619 783 916 184 573 1, 92.1 1, 52.5 1,319 544 2.,2.14 353
5.82.0 2.64
2.,2.97 1, 464
2.,397 394
2.,098 2.97 175 965
27 ;92.0 .2.8,2.52. 27,7 46 28,2.80 2.8,177
1, 070
576 773 1, 091 195 657 1,92.3
.1, 585 1, 162. 54 7 2.,2.87
"365
5. 877 2.08
2., 171 1, 494 2, 638
44 5 2, 2.36
270 14 7 888
28,605
. 1,:099
: ,93 746
1,02.2. 185 636
1,917 1, 606
1, 42.51 535
2.,318 . . -356
6. ooz ,
2.02. 2., 2.36 1 1,382. 2.,401
379 2,338
275 181 890
28,82.4
38, 153 37,404 36, 547 2.7,350 27,2.72 2.6, 912. 27,030 2.7, 518 2.7, 580 27, 52.9 28,028 28,099 2.8,2.19
-: 101
103 104
99
100 103
103
103 101 103 101
102.
102.
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE
.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE .
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Athens, Georgia
319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS; GA.
June 26, 1957
J:
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS
Is-
During the week ending June 22 commercial hatcheries placed 5,873,000 chicks
with the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with
the 6,002,000 placed the previous week and is 13 percent more than the 5,181,000
placed the same week last year.
Eggs set by local -hatcheries amounted to 7,182,000 compared with 7,131,000 for the previous week and is 6 percent greater than the 6,770,000 for the corres
pending week last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average
of 61 cents per.dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks ~as reported at $11.. 00 per hundred. These prices compare with 60 cents and $10.75 for the previous week and 72 cents and $12.75 one year ago. Egg prices shown
relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise.
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers
during the week ending June 22 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 1/2 ~ 3 3/4 pounds; at farms 20.00; FOB plants 21.00.
(See reverse side for other states)
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS PERIOD APRIL 20, THROUGH JUNE 22--'- 195~7
I o -nate:-
- gg ---- hicks~~tcheG 1/- - Inshipytent.a. ._+ 'total_,Placed
Week
Set
Placed in Georgia
of Chicks 1 on Farms
Ending
1956 : 1957 1956 : 1957
1956 : 1957 I 1956 : 1957
Apr. 20 Apr. 27 May 4 May 11 May 18 May 25 June 1 June 8 June 15 June 22
Thousands
6,365
6;364 6,451 6,557 6,531 6,537
6;576
6,516 6,896 6,770
7,139 7,121 .
7,333 7,269 7,627 7,510 7,212 7,213 7,131 7,182
Thousands
4,255 4,226 4,362 4,390 4,349 4;331 4,400 4,465 .
4,578 4,446
4,645 4,669 4,882
5,030 5,156
5;276 5,208 5;215 5,266
5,235
I
Thousands j Thousands
801
619 1 5,o56 5,264
681
702 4,907 5,371
757 698 5,119 5,592
732
675 5,122 5, 705
1-
'
742 799
639 5,091 5,795 638 5,130 5,914
814
682 5,214 5,890
815
662 5,280 5,877
808
736 5,386 6,002
735
63'8 5,181 5,873
ll Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia
. WILLIAM E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician in Charg1
,.. l UN IVERS I rv OF GEORG'7J
JUN2 8 '57
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EGGS SET AND. CHICKS._PLA:CED IN COI-:iH.::RCIAIS -A..'illAS, BY vJEEKS- 1957
Page _~
..
. STATE..
-
June : June : June
H"eek .Ending
---- -. --- -- - - - ---
-- - - - ------
-
. . . . . . . . . ..
Apr . Apr. Hay May : . May Hay : June
. June : June June
-- - - - - ----- _____L .____l-5____ ___ ____2z_____ __ __ ,.. _fo__ ---,- 27____ ____ )J_ ____ 11 ___ _ -- ~~--~ -~ _ _?5.. - ~ __ ]-__. ______!L______ -1$__________1 2
.. ..... ..
F.Gr~ SF.'l' -:_TII.QUSANDS ------ -- --- - ----- ---- -- .:_---~-__GlilGts .J?.LACED _-:::. lli.OUSANDS -------- ___ _____ _____- - -- - --- ___
l1a.ine Connecticut Pennsyiva.nia Indiana
Illinois Missouri De:J_aware
Haryla.nd Virginia
Hest Virginia
North Carolina
Sotit.~ Carolina
GEORGn. -
Florida A1a"'uama
Hississippi Arkansas
Lou:i,.siana Texas V.lashington
Qregon California
TOTAL i957
TOTAL 1956
i9-57 % of. 1956
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1,348
959 1,189
1,938
401
1,567
2,354 2,298
2,190
366
3,041
I
532
' 7j_213
480
2,540
1, 796
3,181
386
2,842
416
299 1.112
38,448
3.7,404 -. 103
1,153 982
1,057 1,840
375 1,598 2,337 2,388 2,130
370 2,995
535 7 131
399 2,575 1,766 3,266
395 2,854
274 276 1,336
38,032
36,547
104
1,313 950
1,360 1,903
342 1,695 2,341 2,290 2,201
428 2,984
535 7,182
469" 2,610 1,805 . 3,251
398 2, 772
292 . 257 . 1,_305
38,683
36,626
106
960 467 818 979 200 545 1,885 1,651 1,346
572
2,216 329
5.1.264 241
2,229 1,242 2,348
377 2,055
315 208 1,031
27,278
27' 272
100
1,018
543 908
9L~6
225 610
1, 9991., 743 1,24h
578 2,257
288 5,_371
22 8 2,046
1,353 2,3 85
356 2,096
281 240 1, 062
1,009 -590 886 881 205 621
1,.853 :1 , 568
1, 387
-558
.2,234721
5_,_592
233 2, 193 1,421
2,447 356
2, 039 265 179
1,024
1,079 652
977 935 228 . 580
1,831
1,653 1,259
518 2_,303
368"
5_1_ 705
208 2,167
1,447 2,362
352 2,113
265 180 1,070
1,004 .560 . 889
857 188 612 1;7.95
1,620 1,197
590 2;212
348 5, 795
215 2,180 1,348 2,409
376 2, 087
315 155 . 994
1,052 679 801 925 191 ,674
2,175 1,438 1,218
506 2,2 23
333 5z914
184 2,097 1,430 2, 503
385 2,103
:346 1)0
953
985 619 783 916 184 573 1,921 1,525 1,319
544 2,214
353 5,,890
264 2,297 1,464 2,397
394 2, 098
297 175 __265
1,070 576 773
1,091 195 657
1,923 1,585 1,162
547 2,287
365 5 2 877
208 2,171
1,494 2,638
445
2~ 236
270 147 888
1,099
693 746 1,022 185 636 1,917 1,606
1,425 535
2, 318 356
6,002
202 2,236 1 , 3 82 2,401
379 2,3 38
275 181
890
1,088
648 855 1,070
177 1 620 1,942 1,677 1,218
604
2,393 331
5 ,8 73
222
2,209 1,391 2, 586
405 2,272
301 207 928
27., 777 27,920 28,252 27' 746 28,280 28,177 28,6o5 28,824 29,017
26,912 27,030 27,.518 27,580 27,529 28,028 28,099 23,219 27,832
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
UNIVERSITY OF GEORG fA AND THE .
UNIVFRSITY OF G-OI?GIAAGRICULTURAL MARKETIN.G SERVICE
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGR-ICULTURE
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Athens~ aeorgia
JUN2 8 '57
June 26, .1957
GEORGIA 195 . PRINGRFIGSREP RT .
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PIGS SAVED: The Georgia spring pig crop for 1957 is estimated at 1,442,000 head.
This is the same as last year, but is 20 percent above Georgia's
1946-55 average spring crop .The 1956 and 1957 crops are the sec~nd largest of
record, being exceeded by only tpe 1943 crop of 1,485,000 head .-. There were
212,000 farrowing this spring with an average of 6.8 pigs per litter. This aver
age size litter equals the record set in 1956 and. reflects better breeding and
management practices being carried out by producers in the State.
Based on growers breeding intentions on June 1, 18!~, 000 sows are expected to farrow this fall, If these plans materialize the fall crop wlll be 7 percent above last
year.
SOWS FARROWED .AND PIGS SAVED
~ORGIA:
SPR.ING ~Dec. 1 tc:> june 1~
. . Sows
Av. No, : Pigs
Farrowed" Pigs Per saved
(000) Litter : (000)
FALL
_ Sows_ :Farrowed
: (000)
~June 1 to Dec, 1~
: Av. No. : Pigs
Pigs Per :Saved
Litter
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lCrYear, 1946-55
193
1955
200
1956
212
1957
212
6.2
1,201 172
6.5
1,300 165
6.8
1,442 172
6.8
1,442 184*
6.2
1,075
6.7
1,106
6.7
1,152
UNITED STATES:
lG-Year, 1946-55 1955 1956 1957
8,332 8,359 7,665 7' 1.~66-
6.55 54,470. 5,224
6.90 5?,690 5,586
6.94 53,186 5,215
7.12
53,170 - 5,308~!-
6.62 34,561 6.81 38,029 7._00 36,535
~l- Number indicated to farrow from breeding intentions reports.
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vHLLIAM E. KIBLER Agricultural Stat:is tician
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The 1957 spring pig crc;p ~otaled . 53,170,ooo head, pra~ticaiiy the s~~ as the 1956 ..J
spring crop of 53,186,000 head. The number of sows farrowed this sprjng at
7, 466,000 head was 3 percent less than the 7, 665,000 so\'rs farrowed in the spring
of 1956. The number of pigs saved per. ;l.;i.t.tJ~:r ?oVeraged. 7..l4, . a new high for spring
farrowing and compar9s with 6.94 pigs per litter in 1956. Reports on breeding in-
tentions indicate .a total of 5,308,000 sows to farrow this fall. This would be
an increase of 2 percent over 1956 fall ' f'arrol-rings. If the intended farrowings
are realized and the number of pigs saved per litter equals the average, plus an
allowance for upl-Tard trend, the 1957 fall pig crop wo'uld be 37 million head. The
combined .spring and 'fall pig crops .for 1957 would then be about 90 million head.
This would be 1 percent above both 1956 and the 19h6-55__ average.
SPRING PIG CROP: The number of pigs saved in the spring season of 1957 (December --- ~ 1956 through May 1957) is. estimated at 53,170,000 head. This is
only 'slightly below the 1956 spring crop of 53,186,ooo .head, but is 2 percent below the 1946-55 average.
The East North Central and the South Atlantic were the only regions showing an increase froni 1956 ih spring pigs. :All other regions were down~ rang:Lng from a
9 percer1t c;:.ut in the o.North .Atlantic to a. 1 .Percent c}ecline._in the \'lest North
Central. . By regio~s, the 1957 spring pig crop _as ~ percent of 1956 is as follows:
North Atlantic, 91 .percent; East North Central, 102; West North Central, 99;
South Atlantic, 102; South Centr~, 91; and West, 97.
The number of so~vs farrowed in the spring of 1957 is estimated at 7,466, 000 heaq, 3 percent less than last year and 10 percent less than the 10-year average. The . ~
1957 spring farrowings were 1 p~rcent less than indicated by fanners' reports on.
intentions last December. The decrease. in sows farrowed from the December in-
tthenantiownass
was wides~ead, intended.
with
only the
East North Central region .
farrowing
more
The 7.12 pigs saved per litter this spring compares with 6.94 in 1956 wh;i.ch wa~ the previous high for the. spring crop. The increase in average litter size was general; with all regions sholfing an increase. This is the seventh straight year of increase in the average pigs per litter for the .spring pig crop and the current . litter size is 13 percent above the 6.31 for 1950.
FALL 1927 INTENTIONS: Reports on breeding intentions indicate that 5,308,000 sows will farrow dtiring 'the fall season '(June through November)
of 1957. If these intentions are realized the number of SO~lS farrowing this fall would be 2 percent more than during the fall of 1956 and also 2 percent more than the 10 - year average.
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE
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.AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
318 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA.
Athens, Georgia
July 3, 1957,
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BROILER CHICK REPORT ~--oR GEORGIA. COMMERCIAL AREAS
Du~ing the .week ending June 29 commercial hatcheries placed 5, 781, 000 chicks with the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 5, 873, 000 placed the previous week and is 9 percent more than the 5; 285, 000 placed the same week last year.
Eggs set :by local hatcheries amount~d to. 7, 042, 000 compared with 7; 182, 000 for the; previous week and is 8 percent greater than the 6, 534, 000 for the correspo~ding week last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average
o! 61 cen~s per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for. the chicks was
reported :at $11.00 per hundred. These prices are the same as for the previous
we~k and compare with 71 cents and $12.75 one year ago. Egg prices shown
rel~te to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or other-
wise.
We~ghted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broiler during the week ending June 29 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 -
3 3 I 4 pounds; at farms 20, OOf; FOB plants 21. 00.
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, GEORGIA CHICK PL~CEMENT sy. w.EEKS :,
PERIOD APRIL 27 THROUGH JUNE 29 , 1957
Date We~k
E n 4 i n g ' .
Eggs Set 1956 : 1957
Chicks Hatched 1I
Placed in Georgia 1956 : .1957
Inshipments of Chicks 1956 : 1957
Total Placed on Farms 1956 : 1957
Thousands
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Thousands
Thousands Thousanas
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Apr.. 27 6,364 7. 121
4,226 4,669
681 702 . 4, 907 5, 371
Mat 4 . 6:,451 7,333
4,362 4, 882
757 698 5. 119 . 5, 592
May 11: : 6, 557 7,269
4,390 5,030
732 675 . 5, 122 . 5,705
May 18 6, 531 7,627
4,J49 5,156 '
742 639 5,091 : 5, 795
May 25 6,537 7, 510
4,331 5,276
799 638 5, 13.0 5,914
June 1 : 6, 576 7,212
4, 400: 5;208
~ 814: .682 5,2.14 . 5, 890
Jun~ 8 6, 5.16 7, 213 .4, 465 ..5, 215
815 . 662 5,280 5, 877
June 15 6, 896 7, 131 Juri~ 22 6,770 7' 182
4,. 578 5. 266 :
4,446 5, 235
808 736 5,386 6,002 735 638 5, 181 5, 873
June 29 6, 534 7,042
4,481 5,048
80~ 733 5,285
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_!i;Bxc1us1ve of!hatchmgs shipped into states outside of Georgia .
5,781
WILLIAM E. KIBLER Agrl.cu1tural Statistic.ian
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statisticia~ I~ Charge
UNIVERsi ,Y Of GE()RG!A
JUL 6 '57
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June
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May : May : May : May : June : June : June : June :
27
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EGGS SET - THOUSANDS
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
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June
29
Maine
Conne ctl."cut
Pennsy~vania .
Indiana
Illinois .
Missouri
Delaware
Ma~y1and
Virginia
VIest Virginia
North Carolina
."SnUth Carolina
GEORGIA
. Flor1da
Alabama
Mississ.ippi
Arkansas
TLeoxuaissian....a
Washington
Oregon . California -
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TOTAL 1957
TOTAL 1956 .. 1957 %of 195.6. . ,.
1, 153 982
1,057 1, 840
315 1, 598 2,337 2, 388 2, 130
370 2.,995
535 7. 13,1
39f1 2, 57~5 1, 766 3,26~
39
2,85 ~
27t 2i 1, 33(>
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38, 032
36, 547 104
1, 313 950
1, 360 1,903
342 1,695 2, 341 2,290 2, 201
428 2,984
535 7, 182
469 2, 610 1, 805 3, 251
398 2,772
292 357 1,305
38,783
. 36, 626 -.. 106
1, 269 "957
1, 193 1, 840
390 1,693 2, 217 2, 261 2,078
397 2,897
521 7,042
43b 2, 560 1, 985 3, 275
376 2,792
380 2.87 1, 319
;38, 165
35; 642 107
1, 018 543 908 946 225 610
1,999 1, 743 1,244
578 2,2.57
2.88 5, 371
ZZH 2,046 1, 353 2,385
356 .2, 096
281 2.40 1,062
27,777
26,912 103
1, 009 590 886 881 205 6-21
1, 853 1, 568 1, 387
558 Z, 271
342 5, 592
233 2, 193 1, 421 2,447
356 2,039
265 179 1,024
1,079 652 977 935 -228 580
1, 831 1, 653 1, 259
518 2, 303 .
368 5, 705
ZUH 2. 167 1, 447 2,362
352 2., 113
265 180 1, 070.
1, 004 1, 052
985
560
679
619
889. . 801
783
857
925
916
188
191
184
612 " 674
573
1, 795 . 2; 175 1, 921
1, 620 1, 438 1,525
1, 197 l, 2.18 .1,.319
590 . ... 506 - ... 544
2, 212. . -~_'2, . 223 ' ~ .214
348
333
353
5, 795 5,914 5, 890
Zl5
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Zb4
2, 180 2,097 2,297
1, 348 . . 1, 430 1, 464
2,409 2,503 2,397
376
385
394
2,087 2, 103 2, 098
315
346
297
155
150
175
-994
953
965
1, 07~ 576 773
1, 091 195 657
1, 923 1, 585 1, 162
547 2,287
365 5,877
ZUM 2, 171 1, 494 2, 6"38
445 2, 236
270 147. 888
1, 099 693 746
1, 022 185 636
1, 917 1,606 1, 425
535 2,318
356 6,002
lUl 2, 236 1, 382 2,401
379 2, 338
275 181 890
1, 088 1, 048
648 551 855 716 1, 070 1, 066 . "177 128 620 618 1,942 1, 913
1, 677 1, 694 ; 1, 218 1, 394
604 530 2,393 2, 289
331 309 5, 873 5, 781
lll Z4H 2,209 2,274 1, 391 1, 467 2, 586 2, 619
405 357 2, 272 2, 198
301 318 207 159 928 801
27,920 28,252 27,746 213,280 28, 177 28, 605 28, 824 29,017 28,478
27,030 27, 518
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Athens,; Georgia
UN IV SITY Of GEORGIA U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUll.TUR~
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AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVIC~
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JUl b '57 July 3., 19 57
LIBRARIES
BRPILER CHICK REPORT _.r"'OR GEORGIA-COMMERCIAL AREAS
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During the week ending June 29 commercial hatcheries placed 5 ,. 78.1, 000 chicks
with; the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with
the 5, 873, ooo placed the previous week and is 9 percent more than the 5, Z85, 000
p1ac.ed the : same week last year.
Eggs set ~y local hatcheries amounted to 7, 042, 000 compared with 7 I 182, .000 for the' previous week and is 8 perc e nt greate r than the 6, 534, 000 for the corresponaing week last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average
of 6l cents p e r dozen. Aver a ge price charged by hatcheries for. ~h e chicks was
rep~rted :at $11.. 00 per hundr e d. The.s e p 'rices. are the s a m e as for the pr e vious
week and compare with 71 cen ts and $12.75 one y e ar ago. Egg p:ri ces shown
relate to G e orgia produc e d h a tching e ggs whethe r bought on contract or other.-
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r,- during the _we e k ending June 29 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 -
3 3.14 pounds; at farms 20. 00~; FOB plants 21.00.
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Dat ~
Week
En~1ng
Eggs Set 1956 : 1957
Chicks Hatched 1I
Pla ced in Georgia 195~ ' : 1957
Inshipments of Chicks "' 1956 : 1957
Total Placed on F a rms 19'56 : . : ~957
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Apr ~ .27 May 4 May~ 11 : May 18 May 25 June 1 June 8 June 15 Jun!'! 22 June 29
Thousands
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6,364 7, 1? 1 6,451 7,333 6, 557 7,269 :6, 531 7,627 ;6, 537 7 ~ 510
-p, 576 7,212
;6, 516. 7, 213 6, 896 7' 131 6,770 7' 182 6, 534 7, 042
Thousands
Thousands
4,226 . . 4; 669-.
s.. 4; 362 . : 4, ~82, .
'4 , 390 ,~ . 03'0: "
4,349 5, 156
4,331 4, 400 .
4, 465 4, 578 '
5. 27~ 5, 208.
5, 215
s; 266
4,446 5, 235
4, 4 81 5,04 8
681 702
'i 7-57 698
' . 73:2 .:. .. -675 742 639 !9.9 ' 638 814 682
.. 815 662 808 736 735 638
:- ao 4 733
Thousands
4,.907 5, 119 5, 122 5, o91
5, 130 5,214 5, 280 5, 386 5, 181 5,285
5, 371 5, 592 5,705 5, 795 5,914 5, 890 5, 877 6,002 5, 873 5,781
_!i_ .:l:xclus ~ve of ha~chmgs sh1ppedmto state s o~ts1de of G e org1a.
WILLIAM E. KIBLER
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Maine Connecticut
. '~~. 1, 153
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982
1, 313 1, 269
950
957
1, 018 543
1, 009 1, 079
590
652
1, 004 1, 052
560
679
985 1, 070 1, 099 1, 088 \ 1, 048
619
576 693
648 I 551
Pennsylvania
1, 057
1, 360 1, 193
908
. 886
977
889 . ...801
783
773 746
855 716
Indiana
1, 840 . 1, 903 1, 840
946
881
935
857
925
916 1, 091 1, 022 1,070 1, 066
illinois
375
342
390
225
205
228
' 188 - .. 1:91
184
195 185
177 128
Missouri Delaware
1, 598 2,337
1,695 1, 693 2, 341 2,217
610 1,999
621
580
1, 853 . 1, 831
:z-. ' 612 . :'- 674
573
657 636
620 618
1~ 795
175 -1, 921 1, 923 1, 917 1, 942 1, 913
Ma:wy1and
2,388
2, 290 2, 261
1,743
1,568 1, 653
1, 620 1, 438 1, 525 1, 585 1,606 1, 677 1, 694
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Virginia
2, 130
2, 201 2,018
1,244
1, 387 1, 259
1, 197 . . l, ~.18 _1, 319 1, 162 1, 425 1, 218 1, 394 :
West Virginia North Carolina ."'S.GUth Carolina
370 2,995
535
428 2,984
535
397 2,897
521
578 2,257
288
558 . 2, 211
342
518 2,303
368
2
590 212 '348'
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353
547 535 2,287 2,318
365 356
604 530 2,393 2.. 289
331 309
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1, 131
7, 182 7,042
5, 371
5, -592 5, 705
5;795 5,914 5,890 5,877 6, 002 s, 873 ] 5, 781
, Florida
3~9
4b9
43b
ZZH
233
Z08
Zl5 . ' 184 . . Zb4
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Alabama
2, 575
2, 610 2, 560
2,046
z. 193 2, 167
2, 180 2,097 2,297 2, 171 2, 236 2,209 2,274
Mississippi
Arkansas
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1, 766 . 1, 805 1, 985
3,266
3, 251 3,275
z1,,
353 385
1, 421 1, 447 2,447 2."362
1, 348 1, 430 1, 464 . 1, 494 . 1, 382 1, 391 1, 467
2, 409 . -i, 503 2,397 2, 638 2,401 2, 586 2, 619
Louisiana
395
398
376
356 .. 356 '
352 .
376
385
394
445 379
405 357
Texas WashingtQn Oregon
California ~ --
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276 1, 336
- 2,772 Z92 357
1, 305
2,792 380 287
1, 319
2,096 Z81 240
1, 062
2,039 265
179 1,024
2, 113 265 18.0
1, 070
2,087. 315 155 994
2, 103 2,098
346
Z97
150
175
953 - 965
2, 236 210 147 888
2, 338 215 181 890
2, 27Z 301 207 928
2, 198 318 159 801
TOTAL 1957 TOTAL 195'6
:.. . 38, 032
. 36, 547
1957
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36,626 . 106
38, 165
35,642 107
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27,777
26,912 103
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27,920
27,030 103
28, 252
27, 518 103
27,746
27,580 101
28, 280
27,51.9 103
28, 177
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028 101
28, 605 28, 824
28,099 28, 219 102 102
29, 011 28,478
Z7, 832 27, 661 104 103
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:.;': ~~~i~-~T:A~r!:EN~~A~~c!uHCTURE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
~
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
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Athens, Georgia
JUL 10 57
July 8; 1951
Georgia Cotton Ac a5~ 1 ~educed 31 Percent From 1956
Georgia cotton acreage in cultivation on July 1, 1957 is estimated at 590,000
acres, according to the Georgia Crop Reporti-ng Service. - This is a decrease
of 31 percent from the 854,000 acres in cultivation one year ago and is the smalle~t . acreage since estimates were started in 1866. The largest cotton acreage planted in Georgia was: in 1916 with a total 5,219,000.
United States current acreage in cultivation on July 1 is 14,224,000 or a decrease of 15 percent from the 16,833,000 last year and 37 percent below
the .lO -year average (1946-55) of 22,743,000 acres.
CARL O. OOESCHER Agricultural Statistician
. _ARCHlE:'LANGLEY -. Agricultural Statistician In Charge
State
N. Carolina
r
s. Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
.. 1947-56
t average
: percent not
harvested 1/
: .
1,8
1.0
-
1.2 1.8
0.9
2.5
Acreage in cultivation July 1
Acres (in thousands)
1946-55 a:mx:age
1956
j
1957
681
457 360
1;,030
695 510
1,265
854 590
?64
558 490
1;,488 1,001 ?50
2,344 1,641 1400
1957 as
f
percent" of J~56
79
73
69
88
15
85
Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma
Texas
3.1
501
373 315
84
2.5
2_,003 1,405 1165
83
1~9
825
586 470
80
6.4
1,135
802 600
75
5.2
9,093 7,065 6250
88
New Mexico
3.3
Arizona
1.4
California
1.2
Other States 2L
3.6
233
189 187
99
406
372 361
91
894
712 730
95
83
63 .46
13
United States
3.4
22,743 16,833 14,224
85
other States-
Virginia Florida Illinois Kentucky Nevada
3,9
23.7 ' 15.8 13.8
87
3.0
43.1
34.4 21.0
61
7~8
3.5
3.0 2.6
87
3~0
3/8.5 -
11~4
7.4 6.4
1,1
2.3 2.3
86 100
Total Amer. Egypt ~/ 2.1
46.4
43.5 82.4
189
l/Includes acres abandoned, removed for compliance, and placed in Soil Bank Acreage Reserve. g/Sums of acreage for 11other States" rounded for inclusion in United States totals. ~/Short-time average. ~/Included in State and United States totals.
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GEORGIA MAP ShOviTNG CROP REPORTING DISTRICTS
..
Georgia Cotton Acreage by Districts
Acres (000) in Cu1tivatio~ July 1
:
July 1957 '-4<
District : 1956 1957 in Percent
of 1956
{
~~
1
56
38
68
2
57
32
. 56
3
56 :
4
~6
. . 5" > : , 170
36 . 68 105
6.4 ''' 71 . 62
6
149
105.
70
7
lOZ
81
79
8
141
103
73
-St~:-t-e----8~;:~---5~;~: ~----~:-:----
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Athens
I__ ~Atlant~ /
-~ ""' ~
/
\A~u- , ~
-~J ~ 5 " ~
/ Macon -
~ C) .\
(0Co1umbu~ \ . J_\
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L-\,/ '-" (
. Sav:;;
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE . UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Athens, Georgia
JUL10 o7
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 3UI EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA.
July 8, 1957
ercent From 1956
Georgia cotton acreage in cultivation on July 1, 1957 is estimated at 590,000
acres, according to .the Georgi8: Crop Reporting Service. This is a decrease
of 31 percent from the 854,000 acres in cultivation one year ago and is the smallest acreage since estimates were started in 1866. The largest cotton acreage planted in Georgia was: in 1916 with a total 5,219,000.
United States current acreage in cultivation on July 1 is 14,224,000 or a decrease of 15 percent from the 16,833,000 last year and 37 percent below the 10 year average (1946-55) of 22,743,000 acres.
CARL 0. OOESCHER
Agricultural ~tatistician
. ARCHIE.""LA.NGLEY . : Agricultural Statistician In Charge
State
N. Carolina
r s. Carolina Georgia Tennessee Alabama Mississippi
... 1947-56
t average : percent not
harvested 1/
1.8 1.0 1.2 1.8 0.9 2.5
Acreage in cultivation July 1
Acres (in thousands)
1946-505 am:t:age
1956
1957
681
457 360
1;030
695 510
1,265
854 590
. 764
558 490
1;,488 1,001 750
2,344 1,641 1400
1957 as
f
percent
o J256
79
6793 :
88
75
85
Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas
3.1
501
373 315
84
2.5
2,003 1,405 1165
83
1.9
825
586 470
80
6.4
1,135
802 600
75
5.2
9,093 7,065 6250
88
New Mexico
3.3
Arizona
1.4
California
1.2
Other States 2/_
3.6
233
189 187
99
406
372 361
97
894
772 730
95
83
63 .46
73
United States
3.4
22,743 16,833 14,224
85
other States
Vi rginia Flori da Illinois Kentucky Nevada
Total Amer. Egypt y/
3.9 3.0
7~8
3~0
3/8.5
2.1
23.7 ' 15.8 13.8
87
43.1
34.4 21.0
61
3.. 5
3.0 2.6
87
11~4
7.4 6.4
86
1.1
2.3 2.3
100
46.4
43.5 82.4
189
1/Includes acres abandoned r emoved for compliance, and placed in Soil Bank
Acreage Reserve. g/sums' of acr eage for "other States" rounded for inclusion in United States totals. ~/Short-time average. ~/Included in State and United States totals
.,
GEORGIA MAP ffiiOWING CROP REPORTING DISTRICTS
Georgia Cotton Acreage by Districts
Acres (000) in Cultivation July l
:
: July 1957
District : 1956 1957 : in Percent
: of 1956
..,
- - ---~
") -7~-
)Non-Cotto~
~
1
56
38
68
2
57
32
56
3
56
36
64
4
96
68
71
5 . 170
105
62
6
149 . 105~
70
7
102'
i31
79
8
141
103
73
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590
69
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~~,~
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l I
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C) \ I "'\
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-
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Albany
C)
C) )
Savannah
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT oF AGRICULTURE
UI'JIV' ,~
Athens, Georgia
1rllN\G .SJE~VHCCIE:
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRIC:.JLTURE . AGRICULTURAL M~RKETING SERVICE
31!a EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA.
July 9' 1957 " .
.JBiQ.~ Dur:i:ng the month ended June .15, the All Commodity Index of Prices Received . . by Georgia Farmers incre.ased 3 points (1. 2 percent) from the level of I1ay
15 . At 25l .the index is 5 points or 2.0 percent below a year earlier.
The . All Crops index remained unchanged during the month. Farmers received slightly higher prices for cotton during the month. This increase offset the lower prices received for most grain crops and peanuts, with potato prices unchanged.
The All Livestock and Livestock Products index increased 10 points during the month. Hog prices moved upward during the month. The average price on .June 15
was $18.50 a cwt. -- $1.60 above the May 15 average of $16.90 a cwt. The June 15 price for hogs was the highest ~ice received by Georgia fanners since Juhe 1955, when the average price \-las $18.90 a cwt. Beef cattle prices advanced 40 cents during the month over the May 15 price. All items in the Livestock and Livestock Pr oducts showed an increase with the exception of Butterfat and Milk Cows, which r emained unchanged from the previous month. A summary of these indexes with c~. parisons is ~hown on the reverse sid~ .
UNITED STATES: During the month ended June 15 the Index of Prices Received by
r Farmers increased 1 point (4 tenths of one percent). Higher prices for meat animals, fruit, and cotton were primarily r esponsible for the increase. Pqrtially offsetting were lower prices for commercial vegetables, grain, and hay. The June index at 244 percent of its 1910-14 average was one point below June 1956,
Higher prices for consumer goods were offset by lower prices of farm production
goods to leave the June 15 index of Prices Paid for Commodities, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates (th e Parity Index) at 296, the smae as a month earlier, As in May, th~ June index was 3 percent higher than a year earlier.
The advance in farm product prices during the month was not enough to raise the
Parity Ratio. At 82, it was 5 percent lower than in June of last year, and the -
lowest June ratio since 1940.
----------------------------------- ------ Summary Table for the United States
____________________________ ____ _ ------ Indexes
1910-14=100
June 15, Hay 15, : June 15, :___ _!ie.s:,or.d_h_!g!l __ _
1956
1957
1957 : Index : ..,..Date
Prices Received
245
243
244
313 Feb, 1951
Parity Index 1./
286
296
296
296 /Apr. 1957
Parity Ratio
86
82
82
123 Oct. 1946
1-.1-P-ri-ce-s -Pa-id-, ~In-te-re-st-, -Ta-xe-s,-a-nd-W-ag-e -R-ate-s -ba-se-d -on-d-a-ta-fo-r -th-e -in-d-ica-te-d-
(
dates. 2/ Also fiiay and June 1957.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
RAYNOND R. HANCOCK
Agricultural Statistician
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COMM)PITY'. . .AND ti~IT .
.A'vle~ri~oe-
.
.. .
June-
15,
May
15,
June 15
. . 1914 1956 1957 1957
------~--+---~-!-
--- -----
tlheat, Bu.
$ 1.2~ -. 1.88
2.~061 1.91
Corn, Bu
$
91 . 1-.37.... . 1-.,37 .. 1.3?
Oa.ts, Bu.
$
Irish Fot., c~vt . ' . $
Sweet Pot , Cvrl;.
$
Cot'ton, Lb.
d
Cottonseed, Ton
$
Hay, (baled), Ton $
Hogs, per cwt.
Beef ~attie, cwt.
Milk Cpws., Head
.67 1.88 1.53 12.1 . 23.65
-
7.36 3. 96 33.85
I .68
1.30 .
I 5.20 I 34.1
46 .00
2<1.60 i
.,82 .70 2.-50 2.50 5.50 ,. 33.2 33.7
l -
I 23:90 2:L70
1 16 .10 r 16;9o 1 1a.5o
l I r 12.10
13.60 1 1-1.00
lno.oo
ns.co
i
1115.00
Chickens, Lb.
13.3 20.0
18.5 20.0
Eggs, Doz.
21.4 41.0
37.5 37.9
Butterfat, Lb.
25.8
52.0
51.0 51'.0
Milk (whoies~e) per 100# jj .
Soybeans, .Bu.
Peanuts, Lb.
2.43 5.2
5.70 2.80
11.2
p.65~ 5.75
2.-10 i 2.35
I I
10.6 10.5
J) Preliminary for June 1957. ~~-~.i.:._______
---.,
.. ~ . . .
.63
1.14 4.39
1.6o I 5.29
12~4
32~3
22.55 47.40
19.90
7.27 15.70
15.40
48.00 154.00
11.4 19.8
21.5
36.4
26 .3 58.3
.703
1~36
5.54 31, c17
~.661 ':
. 1.27 5.60 3189
20.10 1. 18.60 17.20 I 1?.40
I 17. 50 17.70
163.00 163.00
1.8.4
19.4
29.0
29.0
59.0
5 8 . 9
3.81
3.85 - 3.84
2.87 2.23
2.18
I . <1.8 u.s 11.2
10.9
___.._ _________
= ! NDE"i .NUMBERS OF PRICES IlECEIYED BY ~ATIW..S r:: GEORGIA (January 1910 - !eceober 1914 100)
June 15, 1956 _ ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _--=...;;..;::..::;._
. All .Commodities
256
All Crops
281
Grain s and. Hay
1'1:6
Cotton Lint
282
Peanuts
216
Tobacco
373
Cottonseed and &lybeans
Irish Pot atoes ,and Sweetpctatoes
Frt~.it s -and Nuts
All Livestoek and LivestoCk Products
Meat Animals
194 286 2 74
.?03 . 250
Poultry and ::ggs
152
Dairy Products
228
Ha.v 15, 1'957
248 268 153 273
20
383 209 276 179
206
271
B2 225
June 15, 1957
2 1
268
1'18 276
202 383 209 275 179
221a68.
150 2:)0
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EUCES FAID BY F.1\BMRS :ED9. S'iLEOrED F~EDS ..JUNE -15 1957 :.'liTH COMU~ISONS 1
..
GEORGIA
UNI1'ED STA:r ~S
KIND Qi :fEED
Mixed Dairy ~e e d All Under 2~1.- Prot.ain 16%Protein 18% P r o t e i n 20% Protein 24~ Protein
June 15,
]~56
.. i.
3.95 3.85 4.15 i- .05 4.30
MBlf 15, JUne 15,
1952
_ _l$_'L_
June 15, May 15,
1~56
1~57
,. '~ r
~lla.t:s Ee:t 'J 00 ~Eounds : ' '
1.00 3.95
II 3. 00
3.73
3.85
3.66
3.80 3.7S
4.10
1 .05
3.68 3.75
1.20
4.10
3.93 3.97
4.35
4.30
4.05 4.07
J\me 15,
195~
.. :
3 .73 3. 68 3.67 3.91 4.02
High Protein Feeds Cottonseed MeoJ. Soybean Meal Meat Scrap
3.30 4.15 4.65
3.45 3.65 4 . 60
3. 45 3.65 4.70
3.72 3.80 4.29 3.77 1.81 4 . 64
3.75 3.74 4. 62
G;:a.in BI-Products .bran Hi d d l i n g s
Corn Meal
3.40
3.55 3.60
3.40
3.35
3.00 3.02
2.89
3.60
3.50
3.16 3.08
2.97
3.50
3.60
3.66 2.42
3.39
Foultry Feed Broiler Growing Hash Layi ng Mash Scratch Grains
~ay Ukled ) Alfalfa .PJ.1 Other
5.30 4.95 4.10 45.00 39.00
5.10 4.85 4.35
50.00 36,00
5.00 4.75 4.35
50.00 36 . 00
5.06 4.91 4.57 4 . 46 4.14 4.10 30.80 32.20 27.70 29.80
4.87 4. 42 4.06
29.20 27.40
.11 As re?orted by Feed Dealers.
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Athens, Georgia
UNI VERS'T uF GEORG'\ U.S . DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
,JUL 12 '57
AGRICUL.TURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG.~ ATH~NS. GA.
July 10, 19 57
BROILER CHICK REPORT F
OMMERCIAL AREAS
During the week ending July 6 commercial hatcheries placed 5, 733, 000 chicks
with the broiler producers . in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with
the 5, 781, 000 placed the previous week and is 6 percent more than the. 5, 400, 000
placed the same week last year.
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6, 803, 000 compared with 7, 042, 000 for the previous week and is 11 percent greater than the 6, 152, 000 for the corres-
ponding week last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average
of 62 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at $11. 00 per hundred. These prices compare with 61 cents and $11. 00 for the previous week and 70 cents and $12.75 one year ago. Egg prices shown
relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise.
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Mark(3t News Service for broilers
during the week ending July 6 are as follows: North Georgia, broilers 2 1/2 3 3/4 pounds; at farms 20. OOf; FOB plants 21. O.Of. .
(See reverse side for other states)
Date Week Ending
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS
PERI01) MAY 4, THROUGH JULY 6, 1957
E ggs
Chicks Hatched!/
In shipments
Set
Placed in Georgia
of Chicks
1956 : 1957 1956 1957
1956 : 1957
.1.nousands
Thousands
Thousands
Total Placed on Farms
1956 : 1957
Thousands
May 4 May 11 May 18 May 25
June 1 June 8 June 15
June 22
June 29 July 6
.6. 451 6, 557 6, 531 6, 537 6, 576 6, 516 6,896 6,770 6, 534 6, 152
7,333
7, 269 7,627 7, 510 7,212 7, 213 7, 131 7, 182 7,042 6, 803
4,362
4,390 4,349 4,331 4,400 4,465 4,578 4;446 4,481 4, 572
4, 882
5,030 5, 156 5, 276 5,208 5, 215 5, 266 5,235 5,048 5, 051
757 698
732 675 742 639 799 638 814 682 815 662 808 736 735 638 804 733 828 682
5, 119 5, 122
5, 091 5, 130 5, 214 5, 280 5,386 5, 181 5,285 5,400
!_/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.
5, 592
5,705 5,795 5,914 5, 890 5, 877 6,002 5, 873 5, 781 5,733
WEYMAN G. O'NEAL Agricultural Statistician
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AR.CHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Stati.sticianIn Charge
-
EGGS SET AND CHICI_{S PLACED IN C OMMERCIAL AREAS, .BY WEEKS- 1957
P age 2.
. :..
Week Ending
S'TATE
--
..
...
-
Maine ~- ;
Conrie c'~i.cut
P eiinsyhiahia
Indiana .
Illirwis :
Mis.souri
Delaware
June : June : July
22
29
6
EGGS SET - T HC U~ANDS
"
-- 1, 313
'950 '
1, 36.0 :
1, 903 I ... 342 ... . 1, 695
~. 34 1
1, '269 .957
1, 193 1, 840
390 '1, 693 2, 217
1., 288
852
~. 294
1, 821
34 0
1, 617 2, 189
..
May . May : May : May : : .run-e . : June . : June : June : June : July
4
u
18
25 .. .
1
.a
15
22
29
6
1, ~009 590 886 881 205 621
1, 853
1, 079 638 977 935 228 580
1, 831
1,004 . . 560
889 857 188 612 1,795
CHICI-cS P L .l...CED - TH O USANDS
"
...
1, 052 679
- 985 1,070 1, 099
619.
576 693
1, 088 6 -1 8
786
783
773 783
855
925
916 1, 091 1, 022 1, 070
191
184
195 185
177
674
573
657 636
620
2, 175 1, 921 1, 923 1, 917 1,942
1, 048 551 716
1, 066 128 618
1, 913
1,006 548
629 1, 074
180 669 1, 983
.. Maryland
"
2,290
Virginia
WAst Virginia
:
2;:,20.1
. 428
North Carolina 2,984
2,261 _:2,:.078
397 2,897
2,241
2, 124
.. 367
2, 891
1, 568 1, 387
558 2, 271
1, 653 1, 259
518 2, 303
1, 620 1, 438 1, 197 1, 218
590 506 2,212 .2, 223
1, 525 1, 319
544 2, 214
1, 585 . 1, 606 1, 162 1, 425
547 535 2, 287 2,318
1, 677 1, 218
604 2,393
1, 694 1, 394
530 2, 289
1, 714 1, 426
486 2,295
South Carolina ,
GE ORGIA
'lorida
. ...
Alabama
Missis~ippi
A rkansas L ou isiana::: T e:X;as .
Washington
C regon~
Cal~for~ia.:
535
7., 182
.. 4o9 2,610 1,805 3,251
398 2,772
. 292 3 57
1., 305
521 '7,042
4 36 2, 560 1, 985 3,275
376 2,792
380 287 1, 319
513 6, 803 .
377 2, 3~55 2,080 3, 202
402 2, 713
355 .
281 1, 277
342 5, 592
233 2, 193 1, 421 2,44 7
356 2,039
265 179 1, 024
368 5, 705
208 2, 167 1, 447 2,362
352 2, 113
265 180 1, 070
348 5, 795
215 2, 1'80 1, 34 8 2,409
376 2, 087
315 155
994
... 333
353
5, 914 5, 890
205
. 264
2,097 2, 297
1, 430 1, 464
2, 503 2,397
385 ~ 394
2, 103 2,098
346
297
: .. 150 ... .-.. . 17 5
953
965
365 310 5,877 6,002
208 202 2, 171 2,236 1, 494 1, 382 . 2,638 2,401
44 5 390 2, 236 . 2, 338
270 '.275 147 181 888 890
331 5, 873
222 2, 209 1, 391 2, 586
405 2,272
301 207 928
309 5, 781
24 8 2,274 1, 467 2, 619
357 2, 198
318 159 801
367 5,733
218 1,985 1, 519 2, 617
367 2, 275
220 l 166
941
T OT AL 1957
~ 38, 783 38,165 37,382 27,920 28, 238 27-# 74 6 28, 286 28, 177 28, 605 28, 8?9 29, 017 28, 4 78 28,418
'
TOTAL. 1956
..
;36, 626 3 5, 642 34 , 686 27,030 27,518 27, 580 27, 529 28,028 28, 099 28, 219 27,832 27,661 26, 520
1957 %of 1956 "
106
107 108
103
103
101 103
101 .' '102 . 102
104 103
107
I
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AGRICULTI,.!~AL EXTE.NSION SERVICE UNIVERSIT'v'.OF' G.EbRGIA AND THE STATE ~~f=tARiME.NT .OF AGRICULTURE
Athons, G.. e,-a:r gia
. . .._ ....
um
JU.L l t; '57
U.S. DEPARTMENT-OF -AGRICULTURIE . _ , . :.
. ' . AGR.ICOLTliRAL MARKETING SERViCE . . . . ' .
' 319 EXTENSION BLDG.; ATHENS; GA. :.. ) '
. ~uly 11,. ~951
, _ .:. \: ~:
FLUE-CURED TOBACCO POODUCTION" SMALLEST SINCE 1943: Curr'en~ prospects point to
a tobacco crop ..of 83,-475,000 pounds for 1957, the smallest crop since
1943. This will be a reduction of 35 percent from 1956 and is only 56 percent .
as to
large as the record 1955 erop of 147 ;9651000
harvest 63,000 acres this year, the smallest
pounds, Growers are eXpected since 1934; and a re.duction ~ .
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of 28 percent from 1956., . Yield per acre is estimated at 1325 pounds -~- 130 '
pounds below last year. Shade tobacco production (Type 62) is e.x,Pc.cted to be
1, 485,000 pounds- this -year,
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GEORGIA EXPECTS NEAR RECORD CORN CROP FHOM S~~LLEST ACREAGE SINCE 1890:
The State_rs 1957 corn crop is currently estimated a.t 65,750,000 bushels .
This will be the second largest crop of record being exceeded only by the .
1955 crop of 67 ,o8o,ooo bushels. A near record production is expe'cte.d from
2,630,-ooo acres - - 3 percent below . last year and. the smallest acreage since
1890, Acreage allotments in 14 commercial counties of South Georgia anq
continued smaller plantings throughout tho Piedn1ont are resp'onsibl'E~ for :the
small acreage. . Average yield per acre is estimated at 25.0 bushels -- the
highest. bf- rec'ord,. surpassing the previous high 1955 and ;t956' yields bf 24;0
bushels. '
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WHEAT PROSPECTS DECLTINE: The 1957 wheat crop is cu~rently estimated at 1,734,000
bushels, a d;rop of 15 percent from the June 1 'forecp.s~~ Tpis .large decline
resulted from adverse weather conditions which hampered harves't dudng June .
causing a reduction in yield and some abandonment. Excessive rainfall at harvest
time reduced the quality of the grain ..harvested and cause'd more lodging than
normal. Current -forecast of 1,734,000 bushels is 29 percent below the 1956 ctop
of 21 4-361000 bushels.
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Yield per acre on July 1 was estimated at 17.0 bushels per acre, a decrease of
4 )?ushels . ~~~ tho record high of 21.0 bushels :per acre in 1~?? The Ju~:'f 1. . . ...
harvested acreage is estimated at 102,.000 acres or 12 percent less than the
116,000 ac.res harvested inl956, and,- tf;l_e s'mallest acreage. to be .harvested since -
. i93' l..;...w. hen ..6' 11 000 . ;
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(including farni .and co$Jlt3rcial 'production~ is expec'ted to '2;6qo;ooo bu~}lels ' :..;.
as :Qf :.July l This is. the same as the June 1 estimate, and ~s. 11'0001 000 . bu.shels' more tpa,n 'tlms produced laat ycart . ..Harvest in the Fort VallEly area is
virtually completed and_ early EJ,.berta harvcs.t is becoming act~ve . in Meriwether;
Upson -County section0 Volume movement from northcrrn counties.' ~fs expecteda.fte.r :
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three percent more than the 598~000 'ticre's planted alohe ' last year. 'The first
t. production estimate for 1956 will be made as of August lo
CROP
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Corn
Bu.
vJheat
Bu.
Oat a
Bu.
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Barley
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Toba cco, 1~11
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Potatoes, Irish Potatoes, Swuot
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Hay, All
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Peanuts, Alone
3oybeans, Alone
Poaches, total crop
Pears, total crop
Cotton
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AQREAGE ( 000)
1956 : I 1957 . i 1957
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iPerccnt of 1956
2, 711 2,b30
116 102
85
433 411 95
12 13 108
12 16 130
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64.1 4.8
71 96
I 16 13
569958
691 616
81
99
103
107 l 112 105
854 I 590
YIELD
1956 IIndio.
!July 1
11957
24~0 2;,.o
21.0 17.0 33.0 28~0
11.5 10.5
28.0 26.5
:1.452 1325
46 47,$
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PRODUCTION (000)
1956 I Indio.
July 1
1957
bS jOb4 bS, rso
2:,436 1;734
14,289 11,508
138
136
336
424
129,371 84,960
229
228
736
650
616
637
I 1,600 216oo
80
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William E. Kibler Agricultural statiStician
UNITED sTATES GEl'JERr L CRoP RE:Poa1 As OF JULY i, 1957
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Total crop output t~i's year now seems likely to be the smallest since 19.51 . -r _
because of slow and unpromisin'g sta rts for main crops planted last fall and .. .. _. ,. .
this spring in importe.nt areaso' : Harve sted acreage may edge slightly above..
l ast year's total from record sorghum gains and increased acreages of barley
and oats although total planted acreage me.y be the smallest in nearly 40 years.
Some improvement in prospects is possible if favorable conditions predominate
for growth, maturity and harvest, but the spring r everses have lowered . chance,s ...
for matching 1-ast ycart s record high.' level of per acre yields.
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reduced by lateness and difficulty in establishing good stands. Harvesting _:
delays forced by wet Heather have cut th e t akeuhome pay yields of many ea.rly ., ...
ripenin g fall grain :fioldso Pasture s and hay crops gonerD:lly ha ve k ept up .: ., . . ~ ~ :'',
f a st and heavy growth., Soil moisture has been abundant to excessive over .
much l arger areas than last year. This abundance could cut l at e r losses from
drought and heat.~ Irrigati~:m water supplies are best in recent years.
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of recent years. Prospects arc better than last year in much of -~owa~ Kansas,. .., :
Nebraska, and South Dakota 1-lhero drought damage was severe. Pla!ftt.ng 'delays ... . _. , .,:
have been worst in years in large parts .of Illinois, Indiana and low , areas . . . .
in other States, ' mostly southt.vard. Mc.my early plantings also made slow growth,, . .: .--:
suffered loss or thinning of stands and have had tough week competitionr The ..
3.0 billion 'bushel crop is based on per acre yields which average well below
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last year's record but higher than for any other year, except 1948. A much ... -=
l a rger oat crop than last year's is in prospect; good yields are expected
in le'a ding North Central States where the crop was poor last year. Winter
oats in Southern States, already harvested, had yields cut by 'di"scase and
storms. Barley production 1:rill be all-time record, swelled by h:l,.gh yields . 1n
Northern and Western State s on la rgest acreage since 1942 0 Prospective ,ton- ., . .,
nage of coz-n; oats and barley is' about 6 percent less than last year's.;
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harvest from 1.vell-soakcd Great Plains land probably indicating a. record crop , .' .
of sorghum grain.
WITED STATES
CBOP
;J,.CREAGE IN THOUS. : 1957 As a YIElD
PRODUCTION IN THOUS .
Ha.rv. :]'or Sa.rv : Peroent of &'
;Ind. JUly
&Ind. July 1.
1956 . : 195-'i!
1956
z 1956 1, 1957 1956 : 1957
Corn, All
Bu: . 75,950 72,289
Wheat, All
Bu: ~9,817 13,161
Oats, Cotton,
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. : Bu: 33,639 . 35,774 16,833 14,224
Hay, Ail
Ton: 73,627 73,:499
Soybeans, 2/
.:. 21,970 22,551
Peanuts, 27
t 1,840
1,832
Potatoe s,-lrish Cwt; 1,385.5 1,400.1
Sweet Potatoes Cwt: 284.7
273.8
Tobacco, All.
Lb: 1,~65.1 1,~2~.3
95.2
86.6 100.3
84.5 99.8 102.6 99.6
101.1 96.2
82 .. 7
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. '997;207 . 940; 093
1,152 ,6 52 i 1, 3 74 1 304
108 ,708
119,608
16,922
'16,610 .
2t18Q;805 " 1,660,756
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U.S . DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUR!: AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE SJ9 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHE.NS, GA.
July. 12, l957
UNITED STATES: . The production of summer vegetables and melons durmg 1957 is expected to be slight~ ab01.1e production in this season ;:Last year,
the Crop Reporting Board announced today. Forecasts prepared July 1 ~or crops
which constituted three-fourths of the sununer production last year, indicate that .total production will be 2 per cent above 19.56. Increased acreage is the p::t;'imary fact contributing to the indicated i ncrease in production. Compared to last year
significantly more summer production is indicated for watermelons, onions, cantaloups, celery and sweet corn0 Partially offsetting th ese increases were marked declines in pr~uction for l ettuce, cabbage, carrots and honey dew melons.
LIMA BE.A.NSi The first forecast of production in .the sununer States, at 210,000 cmt., is down 16 percent from last year and37 percent below average A re-
duction in acreage is primarily r esponsible for the declineG Exc essiv e rains at planting time contributed to the r educed acreage in Georgia. Insect damage and heavy rains short ened the harvest season in southern Ge orgia. However, later areas r eport good vine growtho Weather in North Carolina has g encralzy favor8d good crop .p.evelopment.. .In New J ersey, the drylarrl acre age has been advursely affected by hot dryweather but the irrigated acreage is progressing satisfactorily. Harvest is .expected .to ~ start about July 1.50 Hot, dry weather on Long Island, where most o:f
r . . . . . the Now York crop is grown, has h eld back development.
CABBAGE1 Early sununer production fa- fresh market ani kraut is now fore cast at ~,000 cwt~, .5 percent below last year an4 avorage. Harvest was ac-
tive in New Jersey during most of June 0 Early fields produc ed good yields but hot1 dry _"l'e ather has been unfavorable for lhl.or fie lds., On Long Island, light harvest started late in June . The crop has boon advers ely affe cted by hot, dry weatherc In Chio, weather during Juno was generally favorable for good growth. Light harvest started oh early fields tho last half of Junco With ample moistur e supplies, yield prospects in Virginia arc good., Harvest started the first wee k in July with 1 volume moveme nt expe ct ed about mid-montho Hot, dry weather has r educed yield pros-:pocts in New England. 1'1ovomont is about at pe ak. Cabbage in Minnesota has made satisfactcr-y progr osss Hoisture fs plentiful_ but warll!I!I.Jr weather is needed for ~ptimum dev elopmonto
CANTALOUPS2 The oarly summer crop is now for e cast at 748,000 cwt0 , 12 percent
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under last y ear's production and 56 percent below average. Tho . cur-
r ent estimat e is down 16 percent from that o:f June 1. 1'his r esulted from low~r
yield prospects in South Carolina and Ge orgia. Loss o:f production in thos e .two
States was a r esult of June r ains 0 Damage was more s ever o in South Carolina~ Disease is prevalent and some acreage is cxpocted to be abandoned. Harvest has
~ndec;l in South Georgia ani is past peak in the central areas . Arizona 's oxp octod
yield is higher than in ~956 but production will bo l oss be cause of a much lower
acreage. Hartest is undorway witl;l. daily product.ion increasing, but th e l ev el .cannot
t eaCh that of; last season~
r~NAP BEANS: Production of summer snapboans is for.ocast at 1,4.21,000 cv:t., up n early
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2 percent from tho 1956 crop af 1,4oo, 000 cwt., but about 6 porcvnt
4-o ss .than the average crop of 11 .5083 000 cwt. Changes from last year by Stat es wore mostly small to moderate. North Carolina harvest started about July 10 and
--ifili be. heavy by. the middle of tho month. Growing conditions have bE;J on favorable
....~d -. a good . c;rop is expe cted. Harvest in Ge orgia began the f:irst week in July. Ex-
cessive rains in th o mountairi areas result ed in abov e normal vine growth. Ins e ct ~amage is considerable . In Tenness ee, amplo moistur e has r osultGd in early matur-
ity, high quality and excellent yields. Most of th e pr es ent moveme nt is being-
bought by processors. Peak supplies arc indicat ed about mid-July" Ample moistur e
in ~labama is producing good yields. In Colorado, growth was de layed early in the
~e ason by cool, wet -vwathor but the crop is now progres.sing r apidly.
1~A'I'E;'m1ELONS: Early sununor production is now for~ cast nt 19,83Q,OOO cwt., 6 percent
mor e than last year and averagc& Waterme lons in North and South (' arolina wer e seriously damaged by excessive rains during Jun~ o. Shipping is activo
~ th o important Barnwoll-Allonda lo-Hampt o D arqa of So,uth C.arolina but will be lighter than expect ed earlier. The rains set .up ideal conditions for dis ease such
as .mildew and- blight.. Vines are not holding up well and th or u .is an unusually ' ....;Light .sot qr ' melons . . I1ov emont began about July l from .tho Poe :noe areas w}'_ler e the
crop .is in better cond,iti on Harvest 'has pas sed tho p oak in s quthorn areas of
Ge orgia and is ncar .th e p eak in the Gorde l e. area. Excessive rains have caus ed some damage; sun blist er and second growth are resulting in poor qunlity. Har vest
is activ o in Alabama mere the crop continues in good condition. Some areas of
Mississippi have boon damaged by excessive rains with some blight and end-rot r eported. Harvest is underway with vo~ume movement expe cted about mid-Ju]y. \fith favor able soil and weather conditions, prospects in Arkansas improv ed during June.
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dry weather later in tho season. Excessive rains have caused some damage: in the north central area of Louisiana nnd favor ed dise.ase dc.volopmont. Harvest of a good . crop in the early area of tho State started about June 20 but
little harvest is expected in the important north central area before July lOo
A sizable acreage had to bb replanted ih Oklahoma and the crop is very l at e . - In Texas heavy rains in May that continued int ermittently during June rosultod in dis eas e development in many fields iri central and eastern counties. Howevor 1 conditions improved .1n many areas during tho second half of Juno. Supplies continuo . avaiJ:.abl e from southern producmg aroas 0 Harvest is getting underway in central Texas but is not expected to start in eastern areas until mid~UJ.y.. Most areas have good moisture r es erves and harvest is exp ected to ext end over a longer por~od : . than in r e cent years 0 Harvest of th e s'ununor crop in tho San Joaquin Va lley started early in July but supplies. will be limited until mid-montho
ARCHIE LANGLEY
Agricultural Statistician~ In Charge
L. H. HARRIS, JR. Vegetable Crop Estimator
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s Acreage and Indic at ed Production Ropartod to Date, 19 7 with Comparisons
CROP . AND STATE
ACRE.AGE
I Average
~Indo
1949-55 1956 1957
I YIELD .P'~ ACRE
.PR ODUCTION
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Indo Av orago j
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49-SS 1956 1957 1949-SS 1956 . 1957
LI:t-Af BEANS:
-Acres -
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Surnmor :
NOwYork
1,800
New . Jers ey :.
2~100
Ohio
720
I1ncyland
1,170
North Carolina 1,460
Ge o r g i a
5~,890
GrauE total 13,130
650 l,Soo
180 1,ooo
13500
4~,900
9, 730
soo
-1,400
1,000 1.;soo
4~,300
8.!700
SNAP BEANS:
Summer t
~ow Hampshire
290
250 250
Masso .
1,370 1,200 1,300
Rhode Island
270 200 200
Conn.
1,120
950 1,ooo
Now York, Leio 1,870 1,300 1,200
New Y'ork
12,100 ll~ 600 11_,100
Fa .
3,170 2,300 2_,'200
Ohio
3,310 3~300 3,600
Illinois l'l1ch. .
1,290 1,200 1,200 : 2~530 2~500 2,Soo
Virginia
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660
650 700
7, 630 8_,200 7~800
J c;:;orgia
2,170 1,6oo 1,460
Te n n .
1~760 . 1,100 1_,200
Alabama
1,300 1_,200 1,200
Colorado
840
750 700
. Group total . 41,_680 38,300 37,550
~ABBAGE: jj
- Late Summar 2 ? ao !ndiana Illinois Iowa . . N. Co Goorgia
Golornd:o Nc;.w I1cxico
itlash;i.ngton Cal i f 0 Gr oup to~al .
4~310 4,130 4~000
2,210 1,900 1,950
2,720 2,600 2,600
1~0~0
700 900
.4j270 4,200 4,ooo
760 700 600
- 3,400 2, 900 2,600 380 . 250 1_,660 1,170 1,2oo
. 2~,410 22100 22100
23,110 20, 55o 19,950
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147 140 155 152
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91 100 100 69
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ACREAGE
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PRODUCTION
19.56
Indo Avfl>
Inde Average
Indo
19.57 49-.5.5 19.56 19.57 1949-.5.5 19.56 19.57
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-Acres -
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South Carolina .5,86o 6,200 6,600 37
Ge o r g i a
8,460 8,600 9,400 57
Arizona
9,z230 "22 sao 1.2.500 108
- Group total
23,.540 17,300 17,.500 73
32 22 48 4.5 96 120
49 43
2ll+ 484 l.z018 1,71~
198 14.5 413 423 240 180
851 748
WATERMELONS:
F.ar1;}: Summer:
North Carolina 11,060 u,ooo 12,000 49 so So
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.5.50 600
South Carolina 42,000 4o,ooo 43,000 .56 .52 .51 2,3.50 2, 080 2,193
Ge orgia
52,710 57 ,ooo 61,000 78 78 7.5 4,109 4,446 4,.57.5
Alabama
17,o1o 19,000 19,000 91 90 9.5 l,S4o 1,710 1,80.5
1:i.ss is sippi
10,340 14,ooo 13,000 70 67 7.5
729
938 97.5
.rkansas
10,000 11,300 12,000 84 89 83
839 1,006 996
Louisiana
4, .540 3,900 4,300 7.5 8.5 70
344
332 301
Oklahoma
1.5,460 11,.500 10,000 64 60 6.5
999
690 6.50
Texas Arizona California
110,140 100~000 us,ooo 48 44 46
.5,100 s.~ ooo s,soo 139 16.5 1.50 10~370 12.!000 122 000 131 140 13.5
.5,2.52 710
113.56
4, 400 .5' 290 82.5 82.5
l.z680 1~620
Group total 288,740 284:;700 306,800 6.5 66 6.5 18,768 18,6.57 19,830
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uly 17, 1957
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During the week ending July 13 commercial hatcheties placed 5,809,000 chicks ;
with the broiler producers in Geor;gia' ,COJlllTlercial are.aso . This compares with the:
5,733,000 placed the previous we.ek and ;ls ;l) percent more thari the 5,150,000 ' !
placed the same week. last year. -'
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Eggs set by local hatcheries amoUil:ted to 6,970;000 compared with -6,.803,000. for ;
the previous week and is 15 perc_en't gr'eater than' the 6, 0'67, 000 for :the cor-res- ;
pending week last y~ar~ .
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HatcherieS: reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week q.t an average.
of 63 cents :per aozeno Ave rage price charged by. hatc}leries for ttk chicks was :
reported q,t : ~~10. 75 per hundred. These prices compare wit-h 62 cents and $lloGO
for the pveVious week and 71 cents and $'12'o 75 one year agoo Egg prlces shown :
relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise.
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Weighted av$rage pri~es from the Federal...state :Market .News Servi_ce ;for. br9ilers
during the veek ending July. 13 are as follmr~s: . North Georgia broiJ;.ers 2 1/2 -
3 3/4 pound~; a't farms 20.,42; FOB plants 21.47 ' ~
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Date Week Ending
GEORG-IA CHICK PLACEMENT- BY wEEKS
E_ggs
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MAY
11, ...
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1. 3,
1957
Chicks Hatched 1/ Inshiprnents
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Placed in Georgia
of Chicks
'1956. . : . 1957 1956 : 1957 1956 t 1957 .
.Thousands .
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Thou.$~ds
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Total Placed , on Farms
1956 : : . 1957
, Thousands ..
May 11 May 18
May 25
June 1 June 8
June 15
June 22
June 29 July 6 July 13
4,390 5,030
41349
4., 33'1_.
. 5,156 5,276
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'4;40.0 .\ : 5, 208 ~.
4,465 5,215
4,578 5,266
4,4h6 5,23$
4,481' _'
4,572 :\
55;,005418
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4,472 5,075
732 675
742 639 7/9 . 6'38 81!4 . 682
BI5 662
808 736 7~ . 6.38 804 733 828 682 678 734
55,,019212 ' .
5,130
5,214
5,280 5,386
5,181
;. 5, ~85
5,400
5_,150
5, 705.5,795 .5,914 5,890 5, 877 ;
6,002 :
5,8.7.3 ; 5,781
5,733 ; 5,809 .
l/ Exclusive of hat.ching$ shipped~t~~states out~side .of Ge~,l"gia.
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9a.ge 2.
state
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June
July I . JUly
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' EGGS SET - THOUSANDS
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. . May May June : June
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June : July : JUly
15 : 22 : 29 r
6 : 13
CHICKS PlACED - THOUSANDS .
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Maine Connecticut .Pennsylvania
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1,269 957
i 1,193
1,288 852
1,294
1,334 95'7
1,173
1,0'19 1,004 1,052 985 1,070 1,()99 1,088 . 1,048 1,006
638
560
6'19 619
576
693
648
551
548
9'77
889
786 783
773
783
855
716
629
967 610 '101
' Indiana
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1,840
1,821
1,812
935
857
925 916 1,091 ;1.,022 1,070 1,066 1,074 1,019
Illinois Misscniri Delaware
390
I 1,693
I 2,217
340 1,617 2,189
.325 1,68"9 2.-208
228 680 1,831
188 612 1,795
191 184 674 573 2,175 1,921
195 657 1,923
18~.
636 1,917
177 620 1,942
128 618 1,913
180 669 1.,983
180 736 2,();42 .
Maryland
2,261 2,241 2,285
1,653 1,620 1,438' 1,625 1,585 1,606 1,677 1,694 1,714 1,622
Virginia
2,078 2,1.24
2,135
1,259 1,197 1,2.18 1,319 1,162 1,4:25 1,218 1.394 1,426 1,436
West Virginia North Carolina
397 2,.897
367 2,891
363 2,894
518
590 . : 506 544
2,303 2,21? ' - 2~22 '3 2,214
547
.535 ;,\ 604
2,287 . 2,318; 2.393
530 2,289
486
612
2,295 2,200
.South Carolina
521
513
473
368
348: . ~33
353
366
310
331
309
Zti'T
394
. GEORG I.A __
7,042
5,'705
5,914 5,890 5,87'7 6 ..002 5,873 5,781 5,733 5,809
or a
Alabama
2,560 2,505 2,476
2,167 2,180 2,097 2 ,29'7 2,171 2,236 2,209 2,274 2,115 2,118
. Mississippi
1,985 2,080 2,020
1,44'7 1,348 1,4;30 1,464 1,494 1,382 1,391 1,.467 1,519 1,59'
.Arkansa~.
3,275 3,202 3,218
2,362 2,409 ;;2,503 2,391 2,638 2,401 2,586 2,619 2,617 2,504
Louisiana
3'76
402
377
352
376 .: : 385 394
445
390
405
357
367
385
Texas. Washington
2, 792 380
2 , .7 1 3 355
2,530 321
2,113 2,087 2,103 2,098
265
315
346 297
2,236 270
2,338 275
2,272 2,198
301 ..
318
2,275 2,102
220
224
Oregon
287
281
258
180
155
150 175
147
181
20'7
159
166
220
California
1,319 1,27'7 1,237
1,070
994
953 965
888
890
928 .' 801
941
976
TOTAL. 1957 TOTAL 1956
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37,532 34,686
37,451 34,37'1
28,238
27,746
28,286 28,1'77
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2'7,518 27,680. 2"&9 2.8 '028
28,605 28,099
28,826 28,219
29,01'7
21 ,e32
28,478 27,661
28,548 28,719 26,520 26,265
:I, 1957 .'f. of 1956 _:.
107 .
108
109
103
101: 103 10). .
102
102
104
103
107
109
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AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICI!
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July 24, 1957
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS
During the week ending July 20 commercial hatcheries placed 5,860,000 chicks with the broiler producers in Georgia conunercial areas. This compares With . the~
5,809,000 placed the previous week and is 14 percent more than the 5;160,000
placed the same week last year.
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 7,051,000 compared with 6,9tO,OOO for
the previous week and is 13 percent greater than the 6,251,000 for t~e corres-
pending \veek last year.
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of 63 cents per dozeno Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at .$llo00 per hundred. These prices compare with 63 cents and ~10.75 for the previous week and 71 cents and $12.75 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract o~ otherwise.
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State lfurket News Service for broilers
during the week ending July 20 are as follows: North Georgia -broilers 2 l/2 -
3 3/4 pounds; at farms 21.00; FOB plants 22.00.
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May 18 May 25 June 1 June 8 June 15 June 22 June 29 July 6 July 13 July 20
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS
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' PERIOD MAY 1a, THROUGH JULY 20, 1957 ~ Chicks Hatch-ed l/ ~ Insni.pments I - T-o-tal- Plaeed
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on Farms
1957 1956 : 1957
1956 1957 1956 1957
Thou~ands'
Thousands
Thousands .
Thousands
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6,531
6,531 6,516
6,516
7,627 ?;510
7~212
7,213
4,349 :' 5',156
4,331 . 5~276
4,400 5,208
4,465 5,215
742 639 5,091 5,795 799 638 5,130 5,914 814 682 5,214 5,890
815 662 5,280 5;"877
6,896 7,131 4,578 " 5,266;
808 736 5,386 . 6,002
6, 7'70
6,5~4
6,152
6,067
6,251
7,182
7,042
6,803
6,970
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7,051
4,446 4,481
4,572 4,472 . 4,470
5,235 5,048 5,051
5,o?~ :
5,141
735 638 5,181 5,873
804 133 5,285 .5,781 828 682 5,400 5,133 678 734 5,150 5,.809
690 719 5,160 5,860
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July 20
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June
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June 15
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CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
1957
June 22
June 29
Maine Connecticut Pennsy 1vania Indiana I l l i n oi s Missouri Delaware
Maryland
Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA Florida Alabama Mi ssissippi Arkansas Louisiana Te:xa.5 Washingt()n Oregon California
TOTAL 1957
1,288 1,334 S52 957
1,294 1,.173 1,821" 1,.812
340 325 l&e17 1,689 2,189 2,2a..~ 2,241 2,28.6 2,124 2,.135
387 383 2,891 2,8 ~4
513 473 e,.8q: 3 6,970
377 396 2,505 2,476 2",. 080 2, c:20 3,202 3,218
402 377 2, 713 2,530
355 321 281 258 1,277 1,237
1,365 Sl3
1,319 1,. 755
373 1,.599 2,.171 2,.258 2,.2 0 3
391 2, 8 64
4c'4 7, C51
399 2,477 1,. 620 3,105
388 2,451
305 245 1,175
37,.532 37,451 37,111
1,004 560 889
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188 612 1,.795 1,620 1,.197 590
2,212
343 5, 79~
215
2,180
1,.052 679 786
~25
191 674 2,175 1,438 1,218 5CS 2,223 333 5,914
2o5
2,Q;97
985 6.19 ' 783
916 184 6 ! 3 1,.921 1,525 1,319 544 2,.214: 353 5,.890 24 2,297 "
1,. 34B 1,430 1,464 2,409 2,5('3 2,397
37S 2,C&'l
315
I 155
I 9S4
385 2,103
34 150 953
$4 2,098
297 175 S65
27, 748 28,286 . 2e,,111
1,.070 576
--773
1,001 195 657
1,~23
1,585 1,162
547 2,287
365 5,.877
2o8
2,171 1,494 2,638
445 2,236
27()'
147 888
28,E05 .
1,099 >93 783
1,022 165 836
1,917 1,606 1,425
535 2,.318
310 e.oo2
2o2
2,236
1,~2
2,401 390
2,338 275 181 890
2B,.82ti
1,.088 1,N8
E48
551
855
716
1,070 1,066
177
128
E2C
618
1,942 1,913
1,677 1,694
. 1,218 1,394
E04
530
2,.393 . 2,.289
331
3C.9
5,.873 5,. 781
222
248
2,209 2,274
1,391 1,467
2, 5Sti 2,19
4:0 5
357
2,.272 2,198
301
318
207
159
928
801
29,017 28,.478
TOTAL "195ti
1957 % of 195
34,.68ti 34,377
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34, 047 1('9
27,5130 2'7<~529 28, 028
101
103 : 1Cl
28.099 102
2i' .219 1G2
27,~32 27,661
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JUly 20
l,WS 548 E29
1,074 180 669
1,sg3 1,714 1,426
48E 2,295
367 5,733
21&
2,115 1,519 2,617
367 2,275
220 ltiti 941
967 610 701
1,0~9 ;
180 736 2,042 1,622 1,436 fl2 2,200 394 5,809
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2,11~
1,59~
2,504 385
2,102 224 220 978
1,023 619 756
958 167 637 1,827 1,.688 1,326 593 2,.125 393 5,\60
221
2,157
1,.584 2,4!>0
3e5 2,0)9
292 163
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28,548 28,719 2f-,222
2ti_.520 2ti,265 25,540
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GEORGIA CORN: 195.6 ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION
District and County:' Harvested Acres: Yield Per Acre: Production
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DISTRIC.T I
Bartow Catoosa Chattooga Dade
Floyd _ Gordon lVJurray
Pau,lding Polk Walker
~.Thitfield
12,680 3,710 10,580 3,260 10,840 13,200
8' 4.50 7,690 8,940 9,480 8,470
. 23.7 33.2 28 .5 37.1 33.2 32.3 30.4 22.8 26.6
38.0 38.0
301,100 123,300 301,500 120,800
)60,300 426,300
?56, 80,0 .
175, 300 237,700
360,200 321,800
Total
97,300
30.7
2,985,100
_DISTRICT . II
Barrow Cherokee . Clarke
Cobb . Dawson DeKalb . Fannin'
Forsyth . Fulton Gilniei'
Gwinnett Half" ..
Jackson Lumpkin Oconee Pickens
To~-ms
Union '\rJalt.oh vJhite
6,550 7,250
1,750 6,520
3,140 2,490 4,270 8,910 9, 360 4, 890 11,790 8,940 9,050 3,370 5,960 2, 620 2,620
5,360 13,530 4,130
20.9
136,900
33.2
241,000
20.9
36,600
22.8
148,600
34.2
107,400
21.8
54,400 .
47.5
202;800
38.0
338 ,500 .
29.4
275,600
33.3
162,600 .
29.4
347,100
27 .s
246, 200'
20.9
189,100 .
45.6
153, 600 . .,.
18.1
107,600
34.2
89, 600
44.7
117,000
42.7
229,100
20.9
282,700
38.9
160,800
Total
-- DISTRICT III
Banks Elbert Franklin Habersham Hart Lincoln Nadison Ogle't;horpe Rabun Steph.ens vlilke.s
' Total
122,500
5,970
5,540
9,190
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4,950 7,440
3,590
' . 8,350
6,900
2,960
3,690
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5,.590
64,170
29.6
3, 627,200
19.0
113,!~00
19.9
110,500
19.0
174;600 .
32.3
159,-800
19.0
141,300
113.1
64,800 . .
17.1
1!+2,800
16.1
111,400
47.5
140,600
21.8
8o;6oo
13.3
74,300
20.5
1,314,100
DISTRICT IV
Carroll Chat tahoochee Clayton Cowet a .. - '
Dougla~:f Faye~te
Haral's6n Harris.. ' .
Heard : . .. Henry.. , . Lamar
25,500
780 2,930 11,970
4,930 6,100 I , 7,820 4:,370 8,120 10:,470 4,260
30.4
19.0
20.9
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23.8 23.7 22.8
35.1
I' 20.9
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775,"200 : .
14,800
61, 200
261,100
117,100' .
, 117484'
800 300'
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153,600
169,700
188, 90'0
97,100
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Macon lvici.ri ori
Heriwether Muscogee Pike Schley Spalding
Talbot Taylor Troup
Upson
30,520 15,790 14,440
890 6,920 13,890 2,620
4,970 21,180
5,970 4,790
33.2 19.0 20:9 24.7 23o 7..
29.5 . 27.6 35.2 23.7 19.0 26.6
1,014,500 299,900 301,700 22,000
164,300 409,000
72,200
174;700 502,900 113,400 . 127,400
Total
209,230
25.6
5,363,800
DISTRICT V
Baldwin Bibb
Bleckley . Butts Crawford Dodge Greene Hancock Houston
Jasper Johnson Jones Laurens Monroe Montgomery Morgan
Ne-vrton Peach Pulaski Putnam
Rockdale Taliaferro Treutlep Twiggs Washington "Hheeler
V.Tilkinson
10,330 h,760 23,020 2,820 7,260 38,720 4,300 13,290 19,220
2,780
33,030 1,470 90,310 2,180 20,600
8,540 7,140 9,200 18,680 2,280
3,640 1,590 16,910 11,410
35,490 23,840 14,290
19.0
196,200
35.1
167,300
23.7
546,600
32.3
91,100
31.3
227,500
20Q9
809,100
1930
81,700
17.1
227,200
33.2
638,900
28.5
79,200
14.2
470,400
24.7
36,300
18.0
1,629, 700.
21.8
47,600 "
16.1
332,600 .
16. 1
137,900
25.6
183,100
38.9
358:,300
23.7
443,500
24.7
56,300 .
23.7
86,400
16.1
25,700
18.0
305,200
2546
292,600
18.0
640,400
21.8
520,800 .
18.0
257,900
Total
427,100
20.8
8, 889.,500
DISTRICT VI
Bulloch
Burke Candler Columbia Effingham Emanuel Glascock Jefferson Jenkins McDuffie Richmond Screven Warren
82,830
57,220 . 28,470
3,940 . -18,180
50,960 9,570 ' 33,910 33,540 9,080
4,340 59,190 11,840
26.6
. 18oO . 20.9
10.5 23.7 12.3 17.1 10.4 17.1 9.5 16.2
23.7 17.1
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2,203,100 "
1,032,300 594,900 . 4J.,200 431,700 629,200 . 163,600 . 354,300 573,400 86,200 70,100
1,405,400 202,400
Total
DISTRICT VII Baker Calhoun Clay Decatur Dougherty Early Grady Lee Miller 1VIitchel1
403,070
. :24,780 ,16,660 13,590 ?2,630 .11,940 52,510 52,930 20;520 . 39,670 59,430
193
20.9 24.7 . 19.0 26.6 27.5 21.8 3i.3 29.4 22.8 26.6
1, 7B7,8. oo .
517,800 411,400 258,100 1,399,600 328,900 ; 1,147,100 1,659,000 604,200 904,300 1,580,500
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District and County: Harvested Acres: Yield Per Acre: Production
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DISTRICT VII, Conttd,
Quitman Randolph Seminole
Stewart Sumter Terrell Thomas
V.Tebster
4,920 21,510 27,210 15,680
35,160 26,570 53,620 11,670
24.7
121,500
20.9
449,500
29.h
801,100
20.9
327,600
31.3
1,102,000
27e5
731,800
24.7
1,324,100
22.8
266,000
Total
541,000
25.8
13,934,500
DISTRICT VIII
Atkinson Ben Hill Berrien Brooks Clinch Coffee Colquitt Cook Crisp Dooly Echols Irwin Jeff Davis Lanier Lowndes Telfair Tift Turner Wilcox Worth
15,870 l).l,090
42,740 51+, 980 2,320 56,360 69,560 28,650 31,160
38,230 4,290
37,090 20,900 10,980
33,710 29,680 28,210 16,900 2h,ll0 52,800
29.h
467,000
20.9
29h,400
22.8
. 974,200
29.4
1,618,800
34.2
79,300
26.6
1,498,800
25.6
1,783,800
22.8
653,100
25~6
799,100
23.7
907,800
26.6
114,100
31.3
1,162,500
28.5
595,500
31.3
344,100
28.5
960,500
19.0
563,800
30.4
857,400
19.9
337,100
19.9
480,900
23.7
1,253,700
Total
612,630
25.7
15,745,900
DISTRICT IX
Appling Bacon
Brantley Bryan
Camden
Charlton Chatham Evans Glynn Liberty Long
l1cintosh Pierce Tattnall Toombs Ware Wayne
28,840
21,680
5,370 5,750
320
1,390 1,590 17,400
320 2,190
5,140 2h0
27,100
43,810
34,240 15,910 22,710
21.8
630,000
28.5
617' 700
25.6
137,700
23.7
136,500
23.8
7,600
23.7
33,000
27.5
43,800
21.8
380,100
25~6
8,200
24.7
54,100
28 n5
146,500
23.8
5,?00
22.8
617,700
24.7
1,081,800
19.0
650,400
21.8
347,600
22.8
517,700
Total
234,000
23.1
5,416,100
STATE TOTALS
2,711,000
24.0
65,064,000
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
WILLIAM E. KmLER Agricultural Statistician
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTU~E AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA.
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GEORGIA: Stocks of corn in all storage posiM.ons on July 1 totaled 6,898,000 . ,. bushels. This is a decrease of 30 percent from the 9,831,000 bushels
in storage on July 1,1956 and is two percent less than the ten year, 1946-1955, average stocks of 7,041,000 bushels on July 1. Old oats stored in all positions on July 1 totaled 2,817,000 bushels, a six percent increase compared with the
2,66Q,OOO bushels in storage on Juiy 1, 1956. The 2,817,000 bushels of old.oats in st.orage is the second largest amount ever recorded for July l stocks, be1ng .. ~ -exceeded only by the 3,020,000 recorded in 1954. Records on oat stoc}::s extend ..: . back .i;.o 19!~4. Old wheat stocks are estimated nt 40,000 bushels. This is the ' ' smallest holdines of old wheat ever recorded on July 1, since records were started in 1945, and is 4i times smaller than the 180,000 bushels in storage on July 1, : 1956.
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GRAIN
ON I<'ARHS
OFF FARMS
ALL POSITIONS
1956 1957
1956 1957
1956 1957
Corn,(l,OOO Bu.)
9,107
Oats,(l;OOO Bu.)
230
Barley;(l,OOO Bu.)
5
Sorghum''Grain(l,OOO Bu 53
_ l'lheat(l;ooo Bu.)
48
Rye (1,000 Bu.)
1
6,232 286
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55
24 1
724 2,430
2
13*2
*
666
2~$31
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9,831 2.,660
7
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180
. ''h4
6,898 . 2, 817
7 62 40 2
UNITED STATSS: Stocks of corn and soybeans in all positions on July 1 continued .
-
at record levels, Corn stocks of 2 billion bushel~ and soybean .' ' '.
stocks of 87 million bushels exceeded the previous record by 13 and .31 percent; ,.
respectively. Stocks of feed grains..-corn, oats and barley--add to a total of . '
nearly 62 million tons -- the largest in the 15 years for t-lhich comparable data
are available.
~~eat stocks of 905 million bushels stored in all positions on July 1 were the fOUrth largest of record for that date but were 128 million bushels less _than the previous year and the smallest carryover stocks since 1953. Total stocks were more than double the 1946-55 average July 1 stocks' but nearly 9 percent less than the 1956 production. July 1 stocks were less than April 1,1957 stocks by 283
million -bushels, compared With a disappenrance of nearly 288 million during the same period a year earlier.
Off-farm wheat stocks of 846 million bushels were more than 12 percent less than the holdings a year earlier with only the merchant mills reporting larger stocks. The Commodity Cr~dit Corporation had a total of 91 million bushels stored in bins under CCC control and aboard ships in the "mothball fleet" -- a reduction of 34 million bushels or 27 percent from the previous year and 11 million -bushels less than on April 1, 1957. Stocks in terminals and interior mills showed declines from the previous year of 6 and 15 percent_, respectively.
Corn stocks in all storage positions July 1 are estimated at 1,963 million bushels~ ~3 percent above the previous July record of 1,742 million bushels a year ago. c ~ocks on farms at 1,118 million bushels were about 13 million bushels above a ]ear earlier. Storage at interior mills, elevators, and warehouses were 126 :ullion above a year earlier and at terminals 71 million above . Corn stored in :cc-ovmed bins was down 106 million bushels from July 1, 1956. Nearly seven-tenths ~f the total July 1 stocks were under. support or owned by CCC, a little above a ~ear earlier. Disappearance of corn from all storage positions during the April~me quarter was 624 million bushels compared with 567 million bushels the same ~1arter last year and the highest for the quarter since 1947.
~ stocks. of 238 million bushels made the smallest July 1 carryover since 1954 ~d with that exception the smallest since 1950. They were about a third less tnan th stocks carried over last year from the large 1955 crop. About 80 percent
or the total was on farms, a slightly higher proportion than a year earlier. About
one-eighth of the total holdings were CCC owned or under support as compared with about a sixth of the larger July 1, 1956 stocks. Disappearance of oats for the April-June quarter was 237 million bushels--about half the April 1 stocks--much lower than a year earlier and less than in any April-June quarter since 1945.
(Over)
_______UN_IT_E_D_ST_1i_T_ES_GRAIN STOCKS- JULY 1, . 1957 WITH COMPARISON~--
Grain and Position
:Jul.l Av.:July l
: 1946--55 : 1956
! April 1 July 1
: 1957 : 1957
Thousal}E Bushels
\roJ1I2AT
On Farms 1/
67,156 67,246 165,959 59,540
Terminals-~/
Commodity Credit Corp. 1/
156,799 332,323 28,489 125,429
360,702 313,481 102,380 91,010
liferchant Mills 1/!i/
45,554 64,741
108,918
65,257
ln~.-~l_!s.:. !l~v.:.&_VJ.hs~s.:.!L2L __ !3..t_g9_ _ ~41,.7_ ___4~9..~.812___315.~.9z2.
TOTAL 434,294 1,033,415 1,187,791 905,240
----------~----~~-------------~~----~-----
qoRN On Farms 1/
816,956 988,823 1,615,149 1,118,383
Jl Terminals~
Commodity Credit Corp.
22,973 78,045 187,014 512,331
124,300 149,264 526,469 406,164
-------------------------------------- Int,Hills, Elev. ,& Whses. J/2/ 56,789 162,637
320,987 288,788
TOTAL 1,083,732 1,741,836 2,586,905 1,962,599
-------------~--~-----~----~---------------
QATS On Farms 1/
228,134 272,127
410,427 191,840
'
Terminals~
9,106 27,585
14,994 12,066
Commodity Credit Corp, 2/
989 6,697
2,551
2,079
Int.Mills, Elev. &Whses. 1/2/ 20,375 40,580
47,640
32,502
------------------------------------------ -----------~-T-OT-AL---25-8- ,60-4--34-6- ,98~9~--- 47-5,6-12----23-8,- 48- 7 ~
BARLEY On Farms!/
Terminals g/
Commodity Credit Corp. J/
Int. ~ulls, Elev. &Whses.1/2/
36,828 13,844
889 25,098
39,439 35,980
723 40,954
104,052'30,111
925 65,825
41,546 31,252 4,082 51,348
------~-----~T- OT- AL---7- 6,6-59~-- 11- 7,0-9- 6 -- --2- 00~ ,91-3---1- 28- ,22-8
1-/-E-st- im-at- es-o-f - th- e - Cr- op-R-ep-o- rti- ng-B-oa-rd-, ---~-------------~--~
gj Commercial stocks reported by Grain Division, AMS, at 45 Terminal cities. j/ Owned by CCC and stored in bins or other storages owned or controlled by CCC,
also CCC-owned grain in transit;other CCC-owned grain is included in the est~ ates by positions. ~~ Firms reporting to the Bureau of the Census, on millings and stocks of flour and
crushings and stocks of soybeans .~/All off-farm storages not otherwise designated.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
RAYiviOND R. HANCOCK Agricultural Statistician
GS-
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u.s . OEPARTMEN.T OF AGRICULTURE
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE .
AGR~CUI-TURAL ' MARKETING :SERVICE ..
[
STATE DEPARTME NT OF AGRICULT'URE
Athens, Georgia
.... 319 EXTENSION BL.OG., ATHENS,.GA. .
July 31, 1957
BROILER CHICK REPO :FO'R:llEORGIA C0!1NERCIAL AREAS
--------~--~--~~--~~~--~~---------
During the w~ek ending July 27.' co:nmercial hatcheries placed 5, 753,000 chicks with
is the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas(> This compares -v1ith the
5,860,000 placed, the previous week and 16 percent more than the 4,950,000
placed the same week' last year.
.
.
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted tq> 6,927,000 compared with 7~051,000 for
the previous week and is 14 percent greater than the 6,075,000 for the corres-
ponding week last yearo
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the. week at an average of 64 cents per dozen~ Average . prie charged by hatcheries or .the chicks was reported at $lloZ5 per hundredo These prices compare with 63 cents and ~ll.do for the previous week and 71 cents and $13a00 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate ~o Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise.
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers during the week ending July 27 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 1/2 3 3/4-pounds; at farms 2lo00;. FOB plants 22oOO.
( See reverse side for other states)
Date Week Ending
, GEORGIA CHICK PLACE}ffiNT BY ~v.EFKS
PERIO.,D MAY 25' THROUGH JULY 27 1957
I I Eggs
Chicks Hatched 1/ Inshipments
Set
Placed in Georgia of Chicks -
1956 : 1957 1956 : 1957 1956 : 1957
Total Placed on Farms
1956 : 1957
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
May 25 June 1
June 8 June :15
6,537 6,576
6,$16
6,896
7 ,.510
. 7,212 7,213 7,131
4,331 4;4oo
4,465 4,578
5,276
$,208
5,215
5,266
199 .
: 814 815 808
638 5,130 682' 5,214
662 ' 1 . 5, 280 736 5,386
June 22 6,770 June 29 6,534 July '6. 6,152 July 13 I 6,067 July: 20 6,251
July 27 6,075
7,182
7~042
6,803
6,970 7,051 6,92?
4,446 4,481 4,572
4,472 4,470 4,356
5,235
5,048 5,051
5,075
5,14;1.
5,005
..
73$ 804
828
678
690
594
638 5,181
133 5,285
682 ,. 5,400
734 5,150
719 5,160 748 4,950
!/
'
Exclusive
of
hatchings
shipped
into
States
outside
of
Georgia.
5,914
5,89.0 5,877
6,002
5,873
5,781
5,733 5,809 5,860 5,153
CARL 0. ' DOESCHER.
Agricultural Stat,isticiari
. .
I ' .
ARCHIE LANGlEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
J ,
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. '
~
State
EGGS SET !.l-ID CHICKS PLACED I N Cmlil\!TIID. CIAL AREAS, BY 11\JEEKS - 1957
July 13
July 20
. July 27
.... EGGS SET -THOUSA1~S
Week Ending
.. :May : Jtme
25
1
June 8
. June June
15
22
C'lfiCKS PLACED ~ THOUSAlmS
June 29
Page 2.
July 6
July 13
July 20
July 27
~5aine
1.,334< 1,365
Conneot;i ~ut
96'7
913
Pennsylvania
1;173 1 ;; 319
Indiana
1,812 1,755
Elinois
325
3'73
1'1ri s s o u r i Delaware
1i689 2,208
10 599 2,171
~ ..,,
Ma;..yl8Ild -- ' 'Virgfnia
? o.2B5
2 ,~~ 135
2,258 2,203
West Vj.rginia
363
391
n-1orth Carolina 2,894 2,864
South Carolina
473
484
GEORGIA
Fiox-ida
6,970 -396
70 051 399
A1&be.ma
2:;476 2,477
J.t:1i ssissippi
2,0~0
1 .,820
Arkansas Louisiana Texas
3,218 3-'l'f
2,530
311 105 388
2,451
Washington
321
305
Oregon
258
245
California
.2 ~ ~7 ___1 D175
1~260
959 1; 473 1,754
337 1,551 211084 2.114.3 2.Pl76
340 2, 744
400
6 " 927 404
2p424 l r. 682 2,944
390 2,422
344
249 1,322
1?052 679 786 925 191 674
2,175 1,438 1,218
506 2,223
333 5J914
205 2.1>097 1.o43C 2,503
385 2,103 .. 346
150 9-53
985 619 . r/83
916 i84 5'73 1,921
1,~~525
1,319 544
2,214 353
5~890
264 2;297 1s464 2.?397 . 394
2110~8
297
175 965
1 .~ 070 576 773
l s-091 195 657
l,o923 10 535 1 !' 162
547 2,287
365 5;877
2o8 2,171 1; 494' 2,638
445 2,236
2'70
117 '
888
1.o099 693 ;a;:;
1,022 185 635
1~917
1,606
1,~~425
535 2,318
310
6 ~ 002
262
2.,236 1 ,:: 382
2.~~401
390 2!1338
2'75
101 890
l v088 G13 855
1,0.70 1'77 620 .
1 !>942 1 !>677 19 218
604 2,393
331 5 ., 873
' 222 2,209 1., 391 2,586
405 2p272
301
207 928
1s048 551 716
l.o06Q 128 618
10 913
~,.694
1,394 530
2 ;. 289 309
5;, 781
248
2 ,.2. ;14
1,467 2,619
357 2,198
318
159 ' 801
1#006 513 629
, 1p074 180 669
1,.983
1::> 714
1,426 486
2.~ 295
367 5..733
218
2,~~115 1,~~519
2,,617 367
2,275 220
166 941
967 610 701 1,019 180 736 2,042 1,622 1 ..,436 612 2 p200 394 5; 809
268
2 !' 118 1,594 2.. 504
385 2;)102
224
220 976
1&023 619 750 958 167 637
1 ,:~ 827 1 ~ 688
1s326 593
2 :; 125 393
5~86q
221 26157 1.?584 2,490
385 2,009
292
163 949
1;042 518 823 983 200 710
1p784 1.,595 1;279
592 2,117
320 5,753
1 '76 2;062 1,620 2,527
342
2,009
289
161 986
TOTAL 1957
37,451 37,111 36,329
28,286 28,177 28,605 28,82'5 29,017 28,478 28,~~543 28,719 28,222 21,888
TOTAL 1956
- - 1957 %of 1956
34,377 109
34,047 109
33,932 107
27~529 ~8,028
103
101
28,099 102
. 28,219 102
27,832 104
2'7; 661 26,520 26!-265 25,540
103
107- - -1-0-9---- 111
24,618 113
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE
/ $ 1) UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE
'l
STATE OEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
r
Athens, Georgia
... :GEORGIA COTTON:
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA.
July 1957
..; :'
ODUCTION, 1956
(These ~~timates are based on the latest available data and are prelin:d.n~y)
District :
. and
In
.: Yield Lint per Acre
In
.. Cultivation: Harvested :Cultivation : Harvested
Count.Y" July 1
: July 1, 1}:
Acres
Acres
Pounds
Pounds
DISTRICT I
Bartow
16,420
15,700
408
421
Catoosa
1,3h0
1,260
373
394
Chattooga
4,690
4,560
312
318
Dade
370
350
189
200
Floyd
7,100
6, 770
353
366
Gordon
9,700
9,280
386
400
Murray
3; 730
3,390
275
296
Paulding
2,650
2,330
238
26)-J.
Polk
6;150
5:,940
350
357
r: irlalker
2,410
2;200
291
314
Whitfield
1,890
1,680
298
330
Total :
56,450
53,460
355
370
DISTRICT II
Barrow Cherokee Clarke Cobb Dawson
DeKalb Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Hall Jackson Lumpkin Oconee Pickens \IJ'alton White
Total
5,790
6l~o
1, 840 900 150
500 1,850 2:,070 3, 720 1,880 9,1.J.20
50
7,890 . 440 19,180 360
56,680
5,670 . 580
1, 770
830 140 490 1,750 2,020 3,550 1,810 9,130 40 7,560 . 370 18,600 200
54,510
316
319
159
172
290
296
191
202
147
157
173 212
(' . .
173 222
273
276
250
260
179
183
300
306
180
225
378
390
236
249
335
339
lh7
265
306
314
Production 50<r.,Pciurycf Gross Weight Bales
-Bales
13,800 1:,030 3,030
150 5:,170 7,740 2;090 . 1,290 4:,420 1;440 1,160
41,320
3,780 210
1,090 350
50
180 810 1,160 1,930 690 5,820 20 6,160 190 13,170
110
35,720
Page z.
GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, l956
District
and
County
=
Acreage
: Yield Lint per Acre :
:;----I-n-----:--~~------:----In------:-------- :
Cultivation : .Harvestad .Cultivation. Harvested.
,July 1
: July 1 1/~
DISTRICT III
Acres
~.~.cres ~ ----
Pounds
Pounds
Banks
3,090
2~820
339
367
Elbert
8,640
8,300
325
338
Franklin
7,470
7,030
302
. 316
Habersham
.. ~90
230
238
300 ..
Hart
11,840
11,600
320
323
Lincoln
2,420
2,320
167
172
Madison
10,110
9, 890
276
279
Oglethorpe
7,440
7,130
246
253
Stephens
790
720
303
328
Wilkes
4, 280
4,210
193
193
Total
56,370
54,250
285
293
DISTRICT IV
Carroll
9,730
9,400
323
332
Chattahoochee
120
120
108
108
Clayton
1,160
1,160
226
226
Coweta
7,180
7,070
341
344
Douglas
1,020
900
193
217
Fayette
4,570
4,450
345
348
Haralson
2,590
2,430
263
279
Harris
1,620
1,580
266
268
Heard
2, 710
2, 630
360
364
Henry
11,060
10,690
275
283
Lamar
2,460
2,410
307
309
Macon
11,890
11,580
351
354
Marion
3,700
3,640
298
298
Meriwether
11,700
11,470
372
374
Muscogee
200
200
225
225
Pike
6,400
6,310
399
400
Schley
3,930
3,860
357
361
Spalding
2, 530
2:,460
307
313
Talbot
1,260
1,200
233
241
Taylor
6,950
. 6,810
440
444
Troup
1,770
1,750
313
313
Upson
1,250
1,210
327
330
Total
95,800
9,3,330
337
341
Production 500 - Pound Gross ir.feight
Bales
2,160 . 5,860 4,630
140 7,810
830
5, 760
3,760 500
1,690 33,140
6,510 30
550
5,070
410
3,230 1,410
880
2,000
6,300 1,550 8,570 2,260 8,960
90 5,270 2,910 1,610
600 6,330 1,140
830
66,510
Page 3.
GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1956
.
District ~
Acreage
In
and
Cultivation Harvested
County
July 1
Jel"~s
~<;~~~
DISTRICT V .
Baldwin
Bibb
Bleckley
Butts
Crawford
Dodge
Greene
Hancock
Houston
Jasper
Johnson
Jones
Laurens
Nonroe
Montgomery
1'1organ
_,_
Newton Peach
Pulaski
Putnam
Rockdale
Taliaferro
Treutlen
Twi ggs
Washington
"iiJh e e l e r
Wilkinson
2,450
1,180 6,820
4,550 1,700 13,190 2,850 8;750 5,190 4,320 16,210
500 29,000
1;420 3,760 14;330 7,460 2,260
8,790 1,570 3,160 1;630 3,400 3,440 16,960 3,380 2,140
Total 170,410
-DISTRICT VI
Bulloch Burke Candler Columbia Effingham Emanuel Glascock Jefferson Jenkins McDuffie Richmond Screven
lvarren
. 14,710
35,520 6,370 1,840 1,430 16,450 4,920 19,890 11,510 6,120
2,350 16,570 11,270
Total 148,950
2,360 1,110 6,690 4,470 1,560 13,020 2,610 8,640 5;080 4,270 15,760
490 28,470 1,380 3, 700 14,020 7,260 2,130 8, 640 1,560 3,050 1,530 3,340 3,320 16,710 3,230 2,080
166,480
14,490 34,810 6,210 1,790 1,380 16,180 4,800 19,630 11,310 6,ooo 2,260 16,270 10,910 .
146,040
. Yield Lint per Acre In Cultivation : Harvested
July 1 _/:
- - Pounds
Pounds
198
203
390
404
447
451
245
247
340
363
346
31+6
199
213
271
272
301
302
295
296
283
288
224
229
340
341
276
278
239
239
320
322
294
297
459
478
328
329
236
236
194
199
155
163
344
347
287
289
313
314
299
310
274
277
310
313
350
351
337
337
278
279
194
197
310
319
323
324
339
343
286
287
319
322
262
264
220
226
2!35
288
251
254
307
308
Production 500 - Pound Gross Weight
Bales
Bal~
1,000 940
6,300 2,310 1,180 9,420 1,160 4,900 3,200 2,640 9,450
230 20,240
800 1,850 9,410 4,500 2,130 5,940
770 1,270
520 2,420 2,000 10,960 2,090 1,200
108,830
10,620 24,490 3,610
730 920 10,950 3,440 11,750 7,600 3,310 1,060 9, 770 5, 790
94,040
..
Page 4.
GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, YIELD AJID PRODUCTION, 1956
District and
County
Acreage
: Yield Lint per Acre
Production
In Cultivation
Jul;z 1
500 .. Pound
In
: Gross Wei ght
Harvested : Cultivation : Harves1;.~d : Jul;y; 1 lb'
Bales
-Acres
DISTRICT VII
Baker CaThoun Clay Decatur Dougherty Early Grady Lee Hiller 1'-Iitchell Quitman Randolph Seminole Stev1art Sumter
Terrell
Thomas
Webster
3,120 5,400 3,400 3,900 1,950 13,640 3,630 3,690 5,850 12,440 1,570 5,510 4;620 2;870 10,770
11,940 5,880
1,450
Total 101,710
Acres
3,050 5,290 3,310 3,830 1,900 13,510 3,570 3,600 5,750 12,020 1,530 5,370 4;370 . 2,830 10:,460 11,810 5,590 1,400
99,190
Pounds
Pounds
220
222
366
369
340
346
151
154
235
239
392
393
228
229
315
320
299
302
350
359
200
201
389
394
312
326
290
292
475
482
495
496
301
311
291 '
297
357
362
~
1,410 4,070 2,390 1,230
950 11,080 1,710
2,410 3,620 9,000
640 4,420 2,970 1,720 10,520 12,240 3,630
870
74,880
DISTRICT VIII
Atkinson
Ben Hill Berrien Brooks Clinch Coffee Colquitt Cook Crisp Dooly Echols Irwin Jeff Davis Lanier Lovmdes Telfair Tift Turner 'VTilcox
\~ or th
820 4,890 3,100 8,620
110 6,840 20,600 3,730 9,850 18,840
. 30
9,980 2,110
550 3,020 4, 250 6,910 7;690 10,790 18,290
Total 141,020
760 4,600 3,010 7,940
70 6,660 20;150 3:,580 9:,650 18,570
30 9,860 2,010
!60 2,840 4,100 6, 740 7,570 10,510 17,990
137,090
244
261
410
34C
358
3,440
287
293
1,840
199 .
213
3,540
164
257
40
269
271
3, 770 .
372
377
15,860
300
309
2,310
508
509
10,250
473
473
18,330
333
333
20
365
366
7,530
285
296
1,240
184
224
210
219
230
1,360
340
350
2,990
373
376
5,290
403
404
6,380
391
398
8,720
389
391
14,680
372
378
108,210
Page 5.
GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1956
District and
County
Acreage In
Yteld Lint Eer Acre
.. In
Cultivation Harvested :Cultivation .Harvested
July 1
July 1 lL;
DISTRICT IX
Appling Bacon Brantley Bryan Charlton Chatham Evans Liberty Long Pierce Tattnall Toombs
~-Jare
~-layne
- - Acres
4,190 2,220
20 160 10
50
2,560 120
440
2;020 4,820 7,010
. 690 2,300
Acres
3,970 2,180
20 140 10
50
2,510 120 400
1,870 4,700 6,860
610 2,210
Pounds
252
313
250
281 200 2!ro 372 158 247 22 3 277 354
177
275
POU.'1dS
263 316
250
321 200 240 377 158
265
243 281
356
200 283
Total
26,610
25,650
298
305
.. Production 500 - Pound Gross \t.feight Bales
-Bales
2,180 1,440
10 90
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irO 220 950 2,760 5,100 250 1,310
16,350
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830,000
329
334
5?9,000
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1957 CALF CROP REPORT
GEORGIA: . 'The 1957 calf crop for Georgia is estimated at 664,000 head --- 1 , .
. percent below the 1956 crop of 671,000 heada Reports from livestoc.k .
producers ' 'listing spring calves dropped and the expected fall crop indicates ..
tn~' 1957 -' calf crop will be 31 percent above the 1946-55 avera.ge crop of 5o6;ooo ,.
cal-ves but is 3 percent bel01r1 the all time record high crop of 683,000 calves
bo.r..u. in 1955.
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- cows "arid heifers 2 years old and over on farms January 1, 1957 and is the .s.ame .,_.
. a- s.: l-'o...r. .. .1.956
UNI'':f.'ED STATES: The 1957 calf crop for the United States is expected to total ..: .,,
in
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~956.
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41,3471 000 head, 2 percent less than is the third cons.ecutive decrease in
the the
42,317 1 000 calves bo~ : _ calf crop and this year's
expected ~umber is 3 percent below the record 1954 crop of 42,6011 000 head. _ : ~
. .The small~r 1957 calf crop is the result of a smaller number of cows and heifers_
on: fanns and a slight decrease in the calving percentage. The number of cows
and-:heifers 2 years and older on January 1, .1957 was 47 s964_,000 head, 2 percent
below the number of hand a year earlier, but 10 percent above the 1946-55
average.
The : expected number of calves born or to be born in 1957 expressed as a per-
centage of cows and heifers 2 years old and older on January 1, 1957 is 86 per.. :: -
.. c'eiit ;..~ 1 percentage poi nt belov1 1956o This figure is not strictly a calving
rat~ since the January 1 inventory of cows and heifers 2 years old and older does not include all the heifers which would give birth to calves during the
- year, m d since the inventory does include some cows that are sold before calving. The percentage is calculated to shm-1 the trend in productivity over a period of time. It may fluctuate from year to year due to variatlons in cow slaughter during the year and trends in breeding herd replacements.
SOUTH CENTRAL STATES
In the South Central States,
a decrease of 3 percent from
a total calr crop
1956. ~he number
of of
1Q,6391 000 head is expected ._.. . cows and heifers on January
1, 1957 totaled 12,803,009 head, cqmpa~ed _with 13,056,000 head on January 1,
" 1956~ The calf crop expressed as a percentage of cows and heifers is 83 percent,
1 percentage point below 1956.
SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES
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percent more than -' the numbarof calve:s born ii1 1956 0 - The number of cows and . . ~- heifers 2 ~ 'years old and older -on j_ap~ary l-, 1957'was: 4,285,000 head, also l ' per-.
ceilf .iargerCt.h.an a: year earliero The estimated calf crop expressed as a per~
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cows
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percent
in
both
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Cows and -heifers :Calves born as percent d
State : Calves bom
2yr.s. & older :cows and heifers 2 yrs .8
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. i 1946-$2. ' ' ; . . . 1946-,5.
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1,ooo 1,ooo ~,ooo 1,ooo 1,ooo 1,ooo
head
Naine
110-
N. H. .. ... . 60
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Mass'
107
R. r.
16
Conn~
98
he~d
115
63
268 106
16 101
head ~ head head Percent Percent Percent
112
61 \ 266 106
15 98
129
. 72 . 301 132
20 121 .
132
74 . 327
125
19 120
130
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324. 125
18 119
85
87 86
er 84 . 85 . 82.. '
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81
85 85
8o . 82 B2
82
84 82
N. Y.
11 246 11 346 11 324 11 448 11 547 11 522
86 . 87 87
N. J.
124
130 130 157 161 159
79
81 82
_Pa_.______.8..,;69;.__ ___;9;..,;.5.:;3._~972 _J.,028 11121 11130
85
85 . e6
N. At1. 21 872 3,098 3,084 31 408 31626 3,601
84 . 85 : 86
Ohio Ind. . .
988 11 023 11 011 11 154 11 162 1,162
851
873 838 952 981 942
86
88 . 87 ..
90 89 .. . ..89. ..
Ill.;
. 1, 292 . 1,363 1,363 1; 443 1,482 1,482
90
92 . .- 92
M:i!ch. .
866
847 . 842 1,-012 996 991
86
85 85.
't-liss :2-2'_26...;.9_........;;2;J.,.4..:..8~9_...;;2;..c..,4..:.:5;...;4;..._.,J.z5l0_...;;2;..:..,6_7=-6-2-',-6~97.._._1Q.__~9.=3-__;.9_i._._. _
_E_.~N~._c_e_n__t _6~,_2_6_7_____61~5_9~5 __6~,~5_o_8____~7,~0~7_1_~7,~2~9~7~7~,2~7~4~____8_8~~~9_o______8_9_.._ __
Mj~~- :..:. . 1, 592 1, 730 1,689 1:, 7!(7 1,81-lo 1, 856
91
94 91 ..
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Mo. N. Dak
1,.781 1,571
737
1,.997 . 1;,961 1,944 . 21 080 2,043 1, 793 11 697 1, 728 11 970 11 928
913 911 831 1,026 1,035
92
96 96
91 91 88
89 89 sa ..
S. Dak 1,142
Nebr. ,. 1,534
Ka11s. ..
1,483
w. N. Cent 9,841
N. Cent.- . 16,108
11 393 11 3'72
111,673773 . 111,472086
11,236 101 764 17,831 17,272
1,284 11,1676196
10,918
17,989
11639 1,525
11 901 1,865 1, 794 11 605 12,250,11,857 19,54"/ 19 1131
89
85 90
89
93 9).
89 91 :89 '-:.
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90. -9~ 99
D~l. , .
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t4d.- ' 227
Va.
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W., Va.
271
N. C.
355
s. c.
194
Ga.
506
Fla..
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S. Atl. 2,654
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34
259 ." 257
. 647 649
281 . 271
455 452
273 278
671 664 685 . . 726 3,3~5 . 31331'
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43 42
80
80 81 .
269 308 . 302
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84 .85 ., '.
680 779 782
8.3 : 83 B,:f ' :
319 -343 331
85
82
82: :
463 576 579
76
79 78
254 346 356
.76 . .79 :?B ... ..
655 849 841
77
79 79
789 :r.,ooe : 1;o52 : 64
68 69. .
3:,46( 4,252' 412~~--. ~..:-.-oo:~ri-6-----. =7m8-~7::;;.8,--,--
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Ark. La. Okla. Texas, ~ cent ..
766 . 773 621 754 597 708 11 351 3,868
9,436
8.76 ' ~ . :l392 .. -882
995 . 991
888 906 094 1,032 1;029
821
827
810 1,052 11 047
11 074 11 096 1,047 11 432 1,481
710 710 735 887 877
946 9h4 .. 926 1;, 213 ..1, 210
1,545 1,485 . 1,:539 1,717 :.- 1,669"
4,113 . 3,719 4,~52 . 4,728 - 4;499 '
10,973 10,639 ., 11,584 13,056 l2r803
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86 . 86.. ,._... sa : ;
76
78 79 . ..
72 .
75. . .. 74 .. .
81
80 81
76 78 ' 78 : . :
88 . . 9'0 ' ... '89 "' i
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87 , : .84 ;:'
81 . .. 84.: .' 8,3 . :'
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~;Jyo.
Colo 1{. Hex.
).riz.
Utah
Nev.
\oJash. Oreg. Galif, west
E.\90
413
44'7
756 542 366 270 220
413 499 1,278
6,094
1,164
. .546
.476 ' 790
605 367
313 236 482 608 1,523 7,110
1,130
560
492 760
546 364
317
244 480
598
1,530 7,021
986
479
537 876
683 469
318 289 486 608 1,537 7,268
1,238 1,228
600 622
553 . '565
908 864
729 658 465 461
364 364 314 325. 561 545 724 712 1,792 1,800 8,248 8,1~-
90
94
86. :' 91
83 86
86
87
7r98
83 79
84
86
76
75
85
86
82
84
83
85
84
86
92 90 87 .'' :
88
83 79 87
75 88
84 85 86
u. s.. 37,164 42,3l7 41,347 43,718 48,729 47,964
85
87 86
1/ Calves born before June 1 plus the number expected to be born after June 1.
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the .crop Reporti.ilg 'J3oa~d .~ounced today. This is 1 percent..mor-e than-on .. July .1. _. ..
last year. Colony numbers were above last year in a~l regions of the countr,y
exc~t the South Central and North Atlantic where decr.eases of 2 percent and 3
perqent occurre~ respectively. Increases were 4 percent in the West North Central
and ' in the South Atlantic, 3 percent in the West and 1 percent in the EastiNorth
Cen~ral States. This estimate is based on reports from about 10,000 beekeepers';
incl,uding both fann and non-farm apiaries,
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Colony losses during last winter and this spring averaged 14 percent, compared ,._
with 16 percent a year earlier. Winter and spring losses were 19 percent in the . .
Wes~ ~North Central, 16 percent in the North Atlantic, 15 percent in the West; :1.3
per~ent in the East North Central, li percent in the South Central and .10 ;P'~l:~Em.~ ~ :~ : .
.iJl..the South ~tlantic States. Over 5,000 reports were received on causes .of :1os.:s _ .
during the winter and spring. Reported causes of loss were 32 percent fro-m .. -- ----
starV.ation, 18 percent were queenless, lh percent froJJ.l winter killing, 5 percent ' .' ' 1
from~ insects, 3 percent from foul brood, 2 percent from spray poison, 2 percent :,...._.;
from rodents, 24 percent from all other causes.
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last .year-were well above last year in the North Atlantic, :Worth .Central.~n~ ~C?~t~ . . Atlantic, about the same in the West, but below last year in the South Cmtral ..o':
States.
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July 1 conditim of nectar plants was 82 percent, compared with 77 percent Ja st ..,
year. The cool wet spring over most of the country got plants off to a slow start-,but ;they were: in above average condition in most areas on July 1_, In the East :
1forth central -states rainy weather early in the season retarded .bee activity and .
flow ' of honey :was relatively slow, but is expected to improve. Ohio has a goo(i ,..
'plovj9r grO:wth_; but honey flow is slow. Indiana has prospects for . a very good . .. .. .
prop. in the Northern part of the State. Illinois after a slow start now has :
prospects fora normal or above norJIDrl-crop.- In Michj,gan and irlisconsn the sea!soh.:.
~s late, bees are working clover and if weather is favorable, good yields can be
~xpected.
The West North Central Sta~es report poor yields in the early part of the seasoh p.ue to cool wet weather, but prospects have improved and a good crop is now .; :.:: ~xpe,c'ted. In the West crop prospects are varied. Montana, 1-Tyoming, Colorado, . .1 ; ~.Ne~.. M~xico expect a good crop, while Idaho, Washington and Southwest Oregon expect . a crop below last year. Crop."prosi>ec;ts iri California are not too bright. Oratige - - ~ !lo# was about normal in the Ventura. area, but short in other areas. Sage ancf bucKwheat were poor. Tho . ~falfa flo:w to date has been below average.
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The',South Central States because of very wet ;weather .had a poor early crop. Spring weather was favorable in the North Atlantic St-ates, l;>ut was followed by dr,y weather. NewEngland expects an average crop. A good orop is .~.~xpected in Western New Yolk_, . but. in Central and Northeastern areas of the.State cool weather has been a hindranc.e ... tn :~ennsy'lvarifa 'arid New ~Jersey the early- season was good, later dr.y- we~.ther .. injured ..nectar .plan~.~, . In :t~c So.':lth Atlantic area spring flow was generally good oveir . most of the area. Florida's citrus:riOw was 'below last year and the.. tupelo crop was_short, but the palmetto flow has been heavy especially in South Florida~ .~.. .
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Percent ef ' ri'O'rriial :.
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New Hampshire Verrnopt: :. . ,: . Ma s sachusetts
6
6
100
27
8
8
100
34
10
11
109
12
19
18
95
17
"81
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90
86 89
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Rhode Island
ponnect'icut
New Yo!k
New J~rsey
Pennsylvania =
2
2
100
10
14
14
lQO
8
191 189
99
14
29
31
107
17
147 135
92
19
89 :91
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89 9.0
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88
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N o r t n A t l a n t i c
426
hl4
97
'16
84: .. I'
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Ohio :. i'' - Indiana
Illinois
292 301
103
9
186 186
100
8
161 166 103
12
84 91
.: 82:.' ,--
. -:85 .. .
88. ' ::'.85 . '
Michigan
176 178
101
19
w_ 1_s_c_on_s_in-:---------_1"-9_6 _ . 194
99
20
86
86
86
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East North central
1,011 1,025
101
13
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Minnesota I owa
241
248
103
24
155 158
102
13
87
86 '
90
96 .. .
87
89 ... : ..._
Missouri North Dakata
South - D~kota
Nebraska ' Kansas
111 117
105
16
18
24
135
13
36
36
100
20
52
55
106
15
42
40
95
26
82 89
791 .: . .
92 91
96 ~: .
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81
. 87 . '
West North .Central
655
678 . . 10~
19
88
Delaware
3
3
lOO
10
1'1aryl.and .
28
28
100
12
Virginj,a ..
143 150
105
7
West Virginia
113 108
96
21
Nor th Carolina
176 187
106
16
South Carolina
52
55
106
6
qeorgia
207
217
105
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9.outh At lantic
970 1,011
104
10
95
75 .
95
70
90
77 :
87
81
81
84
90
85
89
81
91
~ 82
88
81 "
lCentucky .
Tennessee Alabama Mi~sis:Sipp:i, Arkansas . Lo~i si~na . Oklahoma Te~a s : .
South Central
136 167-
191
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98 91 46 2.71
1,075
136
100
170 . 102
189 i.:?-J ' .. 94
89. .
99
-97 : 96 :.
. 98
43- : . . 94 .
. 260
96 .
1,054 :
98
15 12
6 1-
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88 86 92 -84 . . . "84 . 90 .
82 87
87
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83 82 70 74 . .. .. . 8:} -., .
77
76 .
'~Montana
'I daho vJyoming colorado
New 11exieo Arizona Utah
Nevada \vashington Ore gon Californi a. Western
69
72
104
41
177 173
98
17
35
37
106
12
66
67
102
10
17
18 . 108 .
1.3 .
83
89
107
11
51
54
105
20
15
15
100
18
82
86
105
27
51
54
106
15
548 559
102
10
1,194 1,224
l03
15
90
91
88
85
89 ' .
92
84
84
88 ,, ,' 79 .
83
73
84
90
80
80
91
84
93
89
84
74
86
80
UNITED STATES
5,331 5,406
101
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GEORGIA: The All Commodity .Index of Prices Received by Georgia farmers for the . . , month en<:led Juiy 15 was 254 pe..cent of January 1910 .. December 1914
average. : Tllls was' a ' rise of 3 points from the June level of 251 percent but''.a. drop of 2.points rom the July 15, 1956 lev~l of.256 percent. A 254 percent, the . Al~ , Co:r:nmo<;iity Jndex of Prices Received is at the highest level it has been since the
corresponding month a year ago.
The AJ:l Cr.ops c oinponent of the index advanced 3 points iduring the month to 2'71:
percent of :i:ts 1910 .. 1914 average. Higher prices were received for corn, oats:, '.
hays.,.-cotton .lint, peanuts and tooa~co were the contributing factors to the incre{l~
Low.er prices received for soybeans, wheat, fruits and nuts were only partially 'off~
setting.
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du:rltig the month ended July 15. At 222 percent of its 1910-19lh av~rage the !ive-
stock index is at its highest level since August 1955 when the index was the same, .
Higher "prices were received by Georgia fanners for hogs, beef cattle, chickens;:: ..
egg& and milk were the casual factors for the incr~ase in the index. Milk .c.ows . -
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for ,D:leat; ~mala, poultry . and eggs, and dairy products w,ere primarily respon,sfble
for, the increase while lower prices for fruit and feed ;graim and hay were partl.'al+.
offsetting.. The July index at 247 percent of its 1910-14--average was 4 pcllnt~L : :
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1956
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The !ndex of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm. Wage Rates declined 1 point (about 1/3 of 1 percent) during the month ended July 15. This resulted from the 2 percent ,qecline in the seasonally adjusted wage rate component of the Index as farm wage rates failed to advance as much as usual. ,.: .The prices paid- component of the Index showed no .ehange. during the month. At 295, the .July Index was '3 percent higher than a year earlier.
With tpe Index of Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates off slightly and
farm products prices up, the Parity Ratio rese to 84 in rnid..July, 2 percent above
June, but about 1 percent below a year earlier.
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85'
June 15, .1
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Date
313 Feb. 1951
295
296 /Apr. 1957
84 .o .I
123 ' Oct. 1946
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.ibeat, Bu.
Corn, Bu,
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June 1
uly 15
Aver ig~'
July'
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1.23 ' ,1.90"
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.91
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1. 38
-_i:37 _ ~- _i .38.
1909-14
.88 ' ............' .",
.64
1956 1. 90 1. 43
_ $ .' .67- '
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.74
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70
. . 74 .'.
..
.. .40
.65
1957 ~ - . Hl5? , -~
l . ~Jl ~91
1..2.2
.661
.1.23
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Iri'sh' Poti~ , Cvit.
$
Sweet ~.PF~ . ~ C~Tt . $
Cotton, Lb.
Cottons eed~ ;Ton
$
Hay (bale./!.), '!'on $
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Hogs ,: pel' Cwt~
$
1.88 1.53 12.1 23,65
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7.36
'5,50
..s. 55
34.5 44 .00 24.20 16.00
2.50
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33.7
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23.70
18.50
2.67
5.30 33.8
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' 24.40
19.40
1.14
1.60
12.4
22 . 55
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7'.27-
5.19
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3 .98 .5._7<1
32.36 19.00 19.70
. 31.89
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18~60
15.30. 18.40
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Bee Cattle, Cwt, $
3.96 12.00 J,4.0Q 14 , 10
5. 42
15.30
17.70
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18,'40 -.J
Milk Qows, Head
. Chickdn~:. L? ~ . Eggs , Doz i .
:1l .33.85 110.00 1J: 5.00
13.3
20.5 20.0
'21.1
<15 ,0 37.9
Butterf at , Lb.
Milk( ,'iho1 e s~e) per 100/1: ]J
r;f 25.8 ' 52 .0 51.0
$, 2, 43
5.80 5.70
Soybeans, Bu.
la.70 2.35
Fean-q~ s< Lb .
. : :-. 6-.2 .: . 11.2 10.5
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115.00 ' 20.1 I 40.7 51.0
5.75 2.25 10.7
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-18.00 11.'1 21.5 26 .3
1.60
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4:.8
154',00 . 163~00
20.6
19.4
36.6 29.0
58.3
58.9
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1~.-8 . '';' :' . .
32~1 .
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58.6 .
3.97 - 3.8~
2 .47
2.18
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(Jonu'll'Y 1910 ,- Iecembor 1914 = 100)
July 15, Jme 15, July 15,
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1956
1957
1956
All CommoiH t i~ s
256
251
254
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All Crops
279
268
271
Grains QJld Ha.y
149
1'18 ' , 119
Cotton Lint
285
. 276
279
Pecill.uts
216
202
206
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Tob a c co
373
383
40 4
Cottonse.e d and. Soybeans
185
209
209
Irish Potatoes & Swvet Potatoe s .
. 318 .
276
271
Fruit s and Nuts
313
179
H3
All Livestock and Liv~ stock Products
2 08
216
222
Meat Animals .
Foultry an<r Eggs "
250 161
218580 ..
302 155
Dairy Pr_o ::1ucts
232
. -230
230
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COMPARISONS
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15,
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J-q.J.y -15,
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Mi xed Da-i ry Foed iU1lrn ner 2 9%"Prot<::in
1956 3.90
1957
1957 _ 1r- 1956
1957
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3 .90
3.90
:3:71 I ' 3.?3
1957 . .. -.
3.73
16'% Prot uin 1 8~~ P rote i n 20% P.rotoin
3.80
4 .10 4.05
3.85 4.05
4 .10
3.80 1.05 tl,05
3.61 3.68 3.67 : . ,' ::3.67 3~90 . : ;3.,91
3.68 . 3.67
3, a9 , .. _. .-
24% Frotoin
. 4 .25
4 .30
11.30
4.04
11.02
3.99
Hi gh PFote in Feeds
Cottonseed Meal Soybean Meal Y.eat Scrap
3. 40 11,20 4.70
3. 45 3. 65 4.70
3.45 3.55 1 .70
3.76 1 .27 4.85
3.76 3.74
1 . 6 2
3. 7'1 3.73 4 .69
Gra in B~-Product~
Bran Mi d dl i n g s Corn Meal
3.30
3.65 3.70
3.35 3.50 3.60
3.25 3.50 3.60
2.91
2.89
2.85
J.._.
3.13 2. 97
2.91
3, 71
3.39
3.38
Poultry Foo d
B1oiler Grovring..llash Lo.ying Mash Scratch Gra ins
5.30
4.95 4. 45
5.00 4.75 4 .35
5.00
4.75 1.30
5.08 4 .58 1.16
4.87 4, 42 4 .06
4.87 .:1, :12 11.05
Ha.y (Ba1od ) .b.lfalf a All Other
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45.00 50.00 39,00 36.00
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50.00 34 .00
30. 30 27.70
29.20 27.40
28 .80 27.50
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{! . I G.JE(Q)~CGllA (CJR(Q)IP? .JRI&lF(Q)JRTllNCG SIE~VllCJE
1\GRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERV.JCE
' UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE
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Athens, Georgia
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U.s. DEpAATMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING,SERVICE _319 EXTENS ION BLDG :, ATHENS, G~ .
August 7, 1957
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BROILER CHICK REPORT FO -EOIDIA COMMERCIAL AREAS
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Du~ing t~e week ending August 3, commercial hatcheries placed 5, 708,000 chicks
wi~h the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the
5,753,000 placed the previous week and is 19 percent more than the 4,8oo,ooo :
placed the same week last year.
Eggs set ~ by local th~ previous week
hatche and is
ries amounted 11 percent g
to rea
6,843,000 ter than th
ecom6,p1a5r2ed,0w00ithfo6r 1
927,000 the corr
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POJ?.ding we.ek last year.
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of ,65 cents per dozen. Average price charged :bY hatcheries for the chicks w~s
reported. at $11.50 per hundred. These prices compare with 64 cents and $11.25
fqr the previous week and 72 cents and $13.00 one year ago. E88 prices shown :
relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherWise.
Wet ghted' average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers
during the week ending August 3 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 -
3l ' pound$; at farms 20.38; FOB plants 21.39..
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Dat-e v.teek , . Ending
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PERIOD JUNE 1, THROUGH -..AUG-UST 3, 1957
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Inshipments
1957
.. . Placed in Georgia ; of Chicks
1956 1957 l 1956 1957
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June 1 6,576
I June 8
6,516
Juhe 15 6,896
7,212
7,213 7,131
Thousands ..
4,400
5~ 208
4,465 4,578
5,215
5,266
! Tnousanas
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682
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815 808
662 736
JUhe 22 6, 770 June 29 ' 6;,534
7,182 7,042
i 44',448461
5,235
5,04~.'
735 804
638 733
July 6
6,152 6,803 4,572 5,051 : 828 682
Ju;t.y 13 Ju;J..y 20
July 27 .
Aug 3
6,067 6,251
6,015
6,.152
6,970 4,472 5,015
678 734
I 7,051 4,470
6,927 I 4,356
6,843
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4,218
.5,141 .' 690 '
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5,005 .5,035 .
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594 582
719 748 673
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Total Placed
. on Fann~
1956 1957 Tnousanlils
'5;214 5,280
5,386 5,181 5,285 '5,400
5,150
. 5,160
4,950 ' 4,800
$,890
5,877
9,002 5,873
- 5,781
5,733
5,809
5,860
5,753
5,708
!/: Excl~sive of hatchings shipped into States outside of Georgia.
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:E'GGS SET - TB:OUSANDS
_CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
Maine .
i '1, 365
Connecticut . Pennsylvania
913-
r. 319
Indiana
.; 1, 75S
. Illinois
: _J 373
Missouri
l 1, 599
Delaware .
Maryla~d
2, 171
- - ~.258
Virginia
~.203
West Virginia .
391
North ' .Carolin~
2,864
South Carolina
484
GEORdiA
7,051
Florida
399
Alabama
M~ssissippi '
Arkansas
I. 2. 477 1. 820 3, 105
L~uisiana
.. .- 388
T ,exas
- Washingtoh
' Oregon.
2, 4_51 ..
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24S
California ...
1, 175
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TOTAL 1'rrS7 .. <. 37, 111
TOTAL 19S6 .
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1951 o/o of :l9S6
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3~,047
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109
1. 260' 9S9
1, 473 1, 7_S4
3_37. 1, S51 2,084 2, 143 2, 176
340 2,744
400 6,927
404 2,424 1, 68Z
2~944
390 2,422
344 249 1,322
36,329
3_3, 9;3'2
- 10.7 . . . ..'..
1,259
98S 1, 070, 1,099
1,088 1,048
974 1, 380 1,616
325
619
783
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916
184
576 773 1,: 091 195
693 '783 1, OZ2 18S
648
ass
1~ 070 . 177 .
SS1 716 1, 066.~ 128
1, 468 2,046
S73
657
636
1;921 1, 923 . 1, 917
620 . 618 ' 1, 94:2 .1, 913 .;
2, 175
1, .525 1, 535 : 1,606
1,677 1,,694 :
2,024
1,319 1, 162 1,425
1, 218 .. 1, 394
321 ..
544
' 547
535
604
S30
2,661
t 2,21'* 2,287 2,318
2, 393 . ~. 289
455
.353
365
310 . . 331
309
6,843
5, 890 . .5; 877 6, 002 .-.: 5, 873 5, 781 .
362
264 . 208
202
z22
Z48
2,36S
2,297 2, 171 2,236
2, 209 ..:2, 274
1,78S 2, 873 '
z,1, 464 1, 494 1,382
1, 391 . 1,467
397' 2,638 21401 . 2, S86 2,619
. 376 2, 347 _
34i , Z65 .
' 1, 24 7
394 ' 445 . 390
. 2, 098 ' 2,236 .. 2,_~38
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297 175
. . 965
270 147 888
~75 1~H .
890
405 .. 357
2,272 2, 198
3 0 1 ;. 207'
318 1S9 . .
928.
80'1
1,006 S48 629
1,074 180 669
1, 983 1. 714 1, 426
486
2, 295 367
5,733 Zl8
2, 115 1, Sl9 2, 617
367 2,275
220 166 941
967 610 701 1,019 180.
736 2,042 1, 622 1, 436
612 2,200
394 5,809
Z68 2, 118 1, S94 2,S04
385 2, 102
224 220
976
1,023
619 756 958 167 637 1,827 1, 688 1,326 S93 2, 125
393 5,860
2Zl 2, 157 1,584 2,490
385 2,009
292 163
949
35,..51S .
33, 897 .
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-28, 177 28;028
j 101
28,605 28,826 28, 099 28, 219
. 29, 017:
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.; ' 102
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104
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27, 66- 1.
103"~
28, 54828,719 26, S20 26, 26S
107 109
28,222 25, S40
111
_l. 042 S18 823 983 200 710
1,784 1, 595 1,279
592 2, 117
320
s, 753
176 2,062 1,620 2,S27
342 2,009
289 161 986
993 5S5 700 976 161 S8S 1, 749 l, 444 1,380 544 2, 156 332 5,708
199 2,019 1,387 2,463
394 1,874
225 168 867
27, 888 26, 879
24. 618 24, 642
113 109
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE
UNIVERSITY OF GEOR(;I_A AND THf::! . ' .-.
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE .
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UG 12 5 .
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GEORGIA. - AUGUST 1 COTTON REPORT
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Prosp~~tive co~ton . pr~ducti9n in Georgia .for 1957 . of 460,000. bales .( 500 .-pounds' rgt-os~;f'
~eight) was indicated on August 1 by information. reported\ by crop correspondents. to ,:
~he Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This is 21 percent below the 579,000 bales
produced last year and is the smallest crop since 1875 when 413,000 bales were
.harvested
Indi'c.ated .lint yield per acre of 379 pounds is the highest on record.. The previous
recp;rd w~s in 1955. with an average yie.ld of 376 pounds. 'I'm ten year ayer~ge
p94e;..55) yield is 264 pounds. Preliminary estimated .acreage for harvest is
$83,~00 compared with 83o,noo last year and is the smallest acre~ge sj,.nce estima~~s~
"e~:, ; $~~ted in ~866.
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Unfav,.~rable weather during the spring months delayed planting oper~ti~ns in the
southern .part' of the State and the crop was somewha-t;. later than nsual~ Heavy rains
and cool -temperatures made it necessary to do more replanting than usual. Stands
~re generally good in most areas of the State. Frequent rains during May and early
~une made it difficult to control weevils, infestation became very'- heavy and th~ . . <
~ott9m crop was damaged in most areas. Hot, dry weather prevailed 'during July . and ', , ;
prod~cers carried out an effective spray program and the crop improired during .the . . ~ ;
month. As of August 1, prospects were generally good and record or near recoPd :::':
yi~lds per a. cre were expecte.d in all districts~
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. 1957-76% 1956-76% l955-79%
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195776% 1956-78% . . 1955;,.82%
STATEi 1957 - 78% 1956 - 75% 1955 - 80%
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1957-80% 1956-77% 1955-81%
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1957-77% 1956-74% 1955-81%
1957-78% 1956-74% 1955-75%
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1957-80% 1956-75% 1955-83%
1957-78%
1956-75% 1955-80%
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1957-68% 1956-79% 1955-79%
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The Ci~pp' Reporting. Boa.rd ,..~,:f<t.n.e -Agricultur~ Harketing Service makes the .foll.owing
report fpo~n d9-ta ..furnished by crop correspondents, field statisticians:, Bureau of
i;he Census, Conunodity Stabilization Service, and cooperating State agend.es. The
final outturn of cotton compared ~th this forecast will depend upon whether the
~arious influences affecting the crop duririg the remainder of the season are more
ar less favorable than usual.
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less average percent not
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19ag4&e :1956: 1957
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Thous.
Percent
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Thous. Bales
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354
505
80 87 82 320 '391 339
74 83 76 305 360 337 '
449 647
359 513
250 ._..,
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Ga........
583
72 75 78 264 334 379
679 579
460 :
Tenn.
481
79 92 8'3 3 7h 488 4 79
579 552 :4'8.0 : ~
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Miss......
743 1,365
74 77 80 296 3 70 404
891 ?50
625' '
79 86 81 363 483 471 1,702 1,609 l~340 .
M~ ~.
305
80 96 66 384 586 386
385 41+8
245 '
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1,136 461
79 90 77 360 500 473 1,444 1,426 " 1,120 ..
75 85 73 357 496 406
606 581
390 '
Okla :
562
75 81 ?!~ 170 175 209
374 261
245 "
Texas.....
5,926
?6 73 ?8 208 280 306 3,14"2 3,615 3,775
NT Mex....
181
A~iz ~ ~
356
92 94 87 94 97 94
551 718
797 1,108
729 1,119
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253 620
301 829
275 I 830
Calif..... Other
721
92 96 96
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I 924 982 i 1,249 1,446 1,475
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}/1947-56 Average percent not harvested includes acres abandoned, removed for . .
. compliance, and placed in Soil Bank Acreage Reserve , 2/ On acres in cultivation July 1 less average percent not harvested. . 3/ Production ginned ~d to be gi~ed. A 500-p'ounq bale cont.ains about 480 net pounds of lint. 4/ Virginia, Florid'a,- .
Illinois; Kentucky, Kansas and Nevada. 5/ Included in State and united States totals, Grown in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona .and California.
CROP REPORTING BOARD
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GE}~RJ~L CROP REPORT FOR GEORG+A AS OF AUGUST 1, 1957
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Georgia's 1957 peanut crop, currently -estimated at 5401 175,000 pounds,
is expected to be about 5 percent smalle.r than the crop of 568,980,000 pounds
produced last .year.
Growers this year plan to harvest 527,ooo acres for nuts, a 1 percent increase
from 1956. The Serv:i.ce sa.:i.d p rospects on August 1 pointed to a yield of 1025
? ounds per aere -vrhich is the third highest of record being t:)XCeeded by only the
1956 yield of 1090 pounds and 1917 when 1043 pounds per acre wer~ produced.
_s!ORN _PROSPECTS DECLINE :
Hot dey Ttmq.ther during mid-July decreased prospects for Georgia r s corn crop, currently estim<>.ted at 64,435,000 bushels or one percent below last year's crop of 65,064,000 bushels. July 1 conditions indicated a crop of 65,750,000 bushels
but lack of rainfall in some s.ecti ons along lvi th high temperatures reduced prospects 2 percent during the month. Damage to corn has been heaviest in northwestern areas of the Stateo The indicated yield at ~~.5 bushels is still a record high for the State surpassing the old record of 24~0 set in 1955 and matched la'st year,
TOBACCO ESTII"iATE INCREASED:
Georgia flue-cured tobacco production, estimated at 85,050,000 pounds, is 34 per
below. last year's. crop of 12B,o4o,ooo pounds and the smallest crop since 1943. The August 1 estimate places production of l$575,000 pounds above the July 1 forecasto Although the crop 1-Tas plagued by unfavorable weather most of the growing season yi'elds turned out very good and better than earlier expectationso Reports
from gr01-1ers indicate a yield of 1350 pounds this year which "t-Jill be the third
highest on record being exceeded by only the 1955 and 19.56 yields of 1465 and
:4.55 pottnds respectively0
BELOVl AVERAGE PECAN CROP ~
Based an reports' from :groTtrers as of August 1, Georgia's 19.57 _pecan crop is ejq>~cted ~o tetal 20,000,000 pounds. This is only one-third as large as last year1 s crop
and 39 percent belcH the 1946-5.5 average crop of 32,946,000 pounds. Varieties that
produced heavily last year have a very swEll crop set in most instances. Many
$chleys set a fair crop but shedding and scab have caused a heavy drop. Seedlings
~..re expected to account for a larger portion of the crop than usualo
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GEORGIA
:ACREAGE:
YIELD PER ACRTI>
: TOT.\t PRODUCTION(I~I THo'USAND
CROP
:-cooo) .Average.
.indicated:Average :
:Indicated
: 1957 :1946-5.5: 19.56 19.5.7 ' :1946-55 : 19..59 t 19.57
bu: Corn.
2630 . 16.2 : 24.0 24.5
48,978 65;o64 64,43~
Vfueat. o bU: 102
15.6 I 2le0
17~0
2,091 2,436 1,734
Oats bu: 411 27.1 33o0 j 28.0
11,683 14,289 11,.508
Hay (All) ton:
(? T,obacco (All) , lb:
Potatoes,Irish, bu:
Potatoes,Sweet, bu: Cotton bale~ Peanuts( for picking:
691 , .65 :
64.J4 1196 I
4o8! 46.2 '
13 ! 41
l 58.3i 264
.89 : 14.52 1 4.5o8
46 334
.87 1350 47.5
48 379
1 706
616
:121,920 1291 371
j 333
229
1 ~ 1264
736
' 679 579
604 86,.535
228 624 460
a1.d threshing) lb, : .527 i 803
1090 1025 586,5.52 68,980 540,115
Soybeans btu
96 : 10~1 ! 12.5 13.0
305 1038 1248
Peaches, total crop:
., bu. : 1'e2.rs, total crop, t. bu. .>ecans .lb : Pa sture, Condition%:
76
81
Bl
2,776 1600 23.50
I
196 32,946
1 I
8o 60,000
I
86 20,000
ARCHIE LANGLEY, Agr. Stat. In Charge
WilLIAM E. KIBLER, Agr. Stat.
Ui'HTF:D ST.tiTES - o:;rm:lAL CROP RE:?01T AS OF P..UGUST 1, 1957
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Crops gaini~g in production prospects dt~ring the pa.st month include corn, rice and
tJnga r beets~ Significant to sr.iall decre-:ases in o.utput since July 1 eire i nd;tcated
for '1-r.inter 91ld sp rlng wheat, oats, barley, flaxseed, hay, tobac.c'o ini.d potatoes. :.
The August 1 cotton esimate of 11.9 million bales represent s near:-record_jields
p_er acre bnt is 11 percent less than the -1956 crop. The sorghum grain crop l{'loks
nearly three-fourths larger than the 1955 record. The soybean cro:;;, despite
~crea sed acreage, looks 6 percent under lRst ye8.r.
~!:. ~roduc:t;ion.. of all t>orn is forecast at .3,066 miD.ion bushels -- 2 p8rcent
above the July 1 forecast, 11 percent below last year and 2 percent below
average . The change from last month is attributed largely to .a transition ;from
cool wet weather to near normal weather in most of the main p roducing StAtes. The
yield is indicated at 42o4 bushels ;)er harvested acre compared vr.i.th the recqrd of
45.4 last year and the average of .37.8.
.SOYBEANS: ,Soybean production; based on .August 1 conditions, :l.s indi cated at 428
million .bushe_ls . This is 6 percent belo l>r last year but, vr.i.th that exception, is
the highest of record and is 58 percent above the 10-year average. The dro]J in
production from last year is due to lower prospective yields because the expected
acreage for harvest is at an all-time high The August 1 yield is iridicatod at
1? . 8 bushels per acre compared with 21~8 . bushcJ.s last year and the 10-year average
of 20 e2 bushels per acre., .
PE/IJnJTS: An estimated 1~536,000 acre s of peanuts for picking and thr,eshing in 1957
is about 11 percent above the 1,.385,000 acres harvG.sted in 1956,. but
about 31 percent below the ten year average of 2,238,000 acres. Pronuction of pea-
nut s is, f orecast at 1,590 mi'llion pounds, about 1 pe rcent les s than the 1,502 '
million pounds produced in 1956o In the Virginia-Carol ina area, -vrhe re both acreage
and .indicated yields are belo-vr last year, 1957 product:i.on 'is expected to be 20 ::J er-
cent below 1956~ In the Southeast, production is expected to be down about . 4
~
percent . 'h1hile yields in Fl orida are expe cted to be at a r ecord high thi s year,
yields.i il other States in this area are fa l ling short of the unusua l ly high yields
obtained -last ,year. Productio:'1 in.. the Southwestern area is ind:i.cated at 290 million
pounds, almost double last year's production. This increase is mainly due to the
increa se in acreage, although yields in Texas this year are eJ~e cted to exceed 19,56.
PECANS: Production is forecast at 119 million pounds, approximately one-third less t Mn in .1956, and 14 percent bel01f average. The decline from last year is in the i mp roved varieti es : - August 1 prospects indicate more -see dling or wild ~ cans than la.st year but f evrer than aver age . Indicated total productj.on of i mp roved and see dling pe cans is greate r than i n 1956 in Texas, Oklahoma , end Arkansas; unchanged in Flor i da, Louj_siana and Nmr Mexico; but smaller in all other p ecan state. All States ea-st of the l1ississippi lli.V"r except Florida ha d a light set of nuts.
_ _____ _____ ___ ____ ______ CROP ___......._
Acres In (000 )
Yield
/ redaction In (000)
- Harv:-- For irarv
~ I.-n-d-.~A-u-g-., -=
Ind. Aug 1
_;... 1956
.___1: 957 _.__,1_9_.5_6 ! 1,, 1957 ' .._ 1956
1957 . ....;...;...;..--
c~ :rn, All
Bu 75,950 7,2,289
'4So4 42 ..'h 3, h.51,292 3,065,771
~.lhoat, ,. All
Bu
Oats . . Cotton ~/
Bu
Hay, All
Tons:
Soybeans, g( .Bu;
?~anut s. ~/ Lbs:
?ota.toes, All . cwt:
Sv7ect Potatoe s Cwt:
Tob acco , All Lb:
49,817 'hJ,l61
33,639 35; 774 .
16:,833 11.f, 22Lf
73,627
73,499
20 ,926 . 21,650
1,385
1:,536
1,366
1,400
285
274
136S. - ~ .-:: 1128
20 .0 21.2
3!~.3 . .38,1
409
1~48
416 1.62
21.8 19.8
1157 1035
175.9 167 . i3 594 : . 58.6
1598 .. 1426 :..
997,2.07 914.978
1,152;6521,361,456 13,310 11,897.
108,708 118,897 455, 869 428,356 1,602,260 1,590,195 ,2Lf3, 716 234,974 .16,922 16,046 2,:18.0 , 805 1;.608, 83l .
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. . . AGRICUL.TURAL. EXTE~ION SE~VICE _: :: ".:. . .: .
. u.s. ptP~U~TME~t. OF AG~JCJ,!!;.!\1"~ ..
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGtA AND THE
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
ST~TE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
. 31t EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA.
Athens, Geot"gia
August 13, :t9'5J f:.
: r:.;.': _. ..
VEGETABLE CROP REPORT FOR AUGUST 1,1957
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.L(MA BEANS: Prospective p reduction of green lima beans in the summel' < <
States, estimated at 191, 000 cwt., is 9 percent less than in:di~:a.ted
:an July 1, due primarily. to a severe drought condition prevailing in Mary1and an.d
'New. J .er.sey. The . current forecast is 2.4 percent less than the 1956 productioil"!and
-43' -percent below average. Supplies in August are expected frorn Nor~P. .C~rg,.,i~a,
.where dry crops received beneficial rains the latter part of July, and from Mary-
land, New Jers,~y. and the relatively small acreage in New Yc.rk. Relati:vely . . .
_good yields are being harvested from irrigated fields in the latter States.---H~~v,,e~t-;
ing is complete in southern areas of Georgia. Yields in central sections .of, t~t
State were cut by inadequate moisture.
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~NAP BEANS: Summer snap bean production is now forecast at 1, 404, 000 . c~~~-. ~
slightly above 1a.st year but ~ percent below average. T.he '8eas9n
has been generally favorable for anap beans in New Hampshire. Ha'rvest ~$, . \mder r-
w~y with. peak movement expected about mid-month. In c.e!tral New ~pJ:):(~ .g.r.O.w-
ing conditions have been favorable. Harvest started in mid-July and volumEt;_', supplies will be available during August. o n Long Island, dry land acreag~-:. ~5>~'-
tinues to show the effects of drought but irrigated fields are making good Y.i.-:el.ds ..
In Pennsylvania, continued hot, dry weather has reduced yield prospects ;It ~h~ ,
r south-eastern section. Recent rains will benefit late plantings th~re. .With {a,..,..:-:
orable weather in Ohio, the cr JP continues to make good progress. Volum~: 'move;
rnent is underway. Harvest is active in Illinois where wet weather has reduc~cl
yield prospects. In Michigan, prospects improved during July. Harvest ~~s::; :.
~tarted but pickings were relatively light during the last half of July. The,,Vi.r .gipia
rop is _in generally good condition. Weather conditions in North Carolina have
favored gtowth. Movement is about at peak from these two States. Harvest is'
~ctive in north Georgia where moisture deficiency is becoming serious. In Tenn-
essee, favorable growing conditions have resulted in excellent yields and hfgh'- :
quality. Movement is past the peak, but volume supplies will be available .through
August. Local areas of centra~ and north Alabama report an acute shortaga of
~oieture , resulting in -reduced yield prospects.
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CABBAGE: Production of late summer cabbage for fresh market and sauerkraut
.
is forecast at 3, 639, 000 cwt., 5 percent less than last year's pro
duction and 10 percent below average. Hot, dry weather r.aduced yield prospects
in southeastern Pennsylvania, but growing -conditions have been good in the other
sections of the State. Harvest was completed in the Quincy area of Illinofs:.early ~n: July and is now active in northern sections. Weather in western North Carolina
ha:s favored crop development . Crop con4!tio.ns .are go_od and record yields: are
~xpected. In Georgia , movement is about at peak. . Cabbage in Colorado con~in
ties to make good progress. Ha:rvest has started-in northern Colorado and is ex
pected to begin in the San Luis Valley about August 10. In California, amplf;l
supplies are moving to local markets With only small quantities being shipped out
.of State~
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r WATERME.LONS: Productio~ of early summer ,;.,atermelons is now forecas:i'at
.
19, 413, 000 cwt .. . This is about 4 percent more than last y~~r
c,.l'l~ .average. Decreases from the July 1 indication were forecast in Texa~ and
South Carolina, slight increases were forecast in Mississippi and Oklahomc,l.;. .but
~ll other States in this group remain unchanged. In'Texas the lower yield r _e .hects
~ shorter crop in south central and south western areas where hot, dry ~e~ther,
~~rnt vines before melons ripened. Supplies during August are. expected fo be . ~n
~e avy. volume. In the so.utheastern St:1.tes, volume continues but on a dimi~hed .
basi,s. G_rowing, conditions have ranged f-air to good. Volume, movement-is .~n4er
. ~ayi,n.Ar~ans~s. _and is just starting in : Okla~oma). So-me melons rern.ain to be
har':veiitetfin.. Ariton~ .wh,il_e..~P Califo~ri~~ : .!Jl~ ..pe~~- has . bee~__pa~~e_c;l in:_t;he ~:-~"i-~~ -
burg area but light movement will continue through August.
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ARCHIE LANGLEY
Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
WILLIAM E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician
- 2-
=-- Acreage and Indicated Production Reported to Date, 1957 with Comparisons
Acn:-~AGE
-,-YiBiD-Pill-i:C"P.E---: PR.onucrr6N - -
CROP
:
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-- - - -
. ~-'~.f...i.,.l. i-..D.;.~'.)s;~J.A:.T;E. . , ~ . t:A1v94er9a-g5e5.::. i9~'6 .=:.:
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.' i;; ._,....
S=e~~~~ey J;~gg 1~~ 1,~I ~~ . ' -~i :~ .l ~~ .~~,.:,..'d:~~ LIMA,JlEANS:
' .:,. ...... .. . .
. , ..; Acres~ '-
..:1.9I5n~d( ,
.
:. (f .'.;~A51 -v;5.; $!:.:--1'.,_9,$.5'::6::1";9-I.n51d;:: '-L1v9-4e~ra..g;.e55::l.'{-';-.:~?6', ~(~ ,.!:;,I1n9d57.
. -:,:::.=
! - C'Wt.;...;
- 1,000 Cwt: .J-
I
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Ohio
' ~ .. , ~720
r180
, --- . 37 j l 1 ! .;.._.
27
6
3l i1ary1and
; N.orth .e'aro
:G.~.or;g_ia 1 ,..
1in
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a
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..,1 ,~1_'.1f5.-.,.,;1.~8,!_7_6900b_._4-'11,-,,'059_000.00_9_.---'111.J,,-05,,0q_30o'-0_o+-_22i~61~
26 . . .. ~o ..!
. ::t.1 . . .26: .. ~ 4~)
. .26'.: '' 26. ! ,,
39 39
20 18 . j . :.!.,..10.5.. .: 9.& . .-77
'Gr~up total
13,130 9, '? 30 8, ~wo 1 25 26. 22 1 . ;335 . 2'50 ' 191
.:.NJ: P'BEANS
Gununer1. :
' New :rr~npshire
Hassaciiusetts Rhode Island Connecticut
New lYotkj t.I. .rqew"Y:0rk
r 'lJ~nnsylvania
.. Ohio ... .:-. ..
Il1irioia: ;'
Niehig.arf
v!itgl:na
Nortl~ C~rolina
Q'eorgi~ ; .\
. Tennessee '
.f\labrunS: Colot-ooo '
q~9~~ ~~tal .
. : :..
CL~B~ftf;E-t :
Late Summer: . ii~~~y1vania-
Indiana .,. i1i:i.!iois Iowa
1-tor.~q c.aro1~na
de o:r,gia Co),orado . . rf~w :!1'~-xico
\hJ ~ ~;i.ngton ,;
. qa;t.:i/()rt1ia
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J. " ~ : .. :
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290
250
! I
250 . 33 40 !~O
. .,'.: ":. - ~- ':. ;.. : ) .: . : 10 . ; !.t()' !. :i-10
1,370 270
1,120
1~200
200
950
1,300 ~4
200
1,~ !I .
3345
40 40 38
30 26
I
28 ~
:s 47 "-'"48 ':.::)~?
9 . 8 ;.J . '
3~ 36 ... 28
i. 1, 870 1, 300 1, 200 ' 12,100 11,600 11,100
41~22
3' 170 2'300
I 3,310 . 3,300
I 1,290 1,2oo
2, 200 3,600
1,2oo
42 40
27
40 42 '1.
79 52 5o
38 43 I 505 441 477
so 42 -1 . 133 . .. 115: ;. 92
40 40 . . . 131 ..: 1.32 '! '.'144
30 25 .1
34 :: ;i )6 1 '' JO
l 2,530 2,500
660
650
2,500 700
)) 29
33 39
32 1
35 l
7,630 8,200 ?,800 31 33 35 !
7& ' 82:: r~-:: 8o
19:;,; . 25 .: .:24
238 ~n: :27
2,170 . 1,600 1,400 28 26 29
61 I~2 '; ~ - 4]:
1,760 1,100 1,200 35 ' 38 40
62 '42 i >- '4-8
1,300 1,200 1,200 1 21 22 24
840
750
?00 ! 4h 45 48
28 26 ::. 2"9
Yr . JU : _;~ ;4
i,4oo). t~-O~-o'-...-.6._8-_0-_ --3_8-;,-:3_0-_ 0--_.-_ 3-7-.,;_-55-6. ~.t!j --- 3~-'- 3'1--- 37-~ 1,so8
-".4P4
.. ...r .:- .
h,310 2,210
2, no
1,020
4,~.30
1,9oo 2,6oo
700
I
4,ooo ! 1Bo 187 165 , 1,9oo1 l2h 201 195
l 2, 6oo1 J.78 180 1;;o . 900 147 14') 155 I
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777 ni.! 6.6G> 271 382 .. .,;nb
483 468 .! . .J90 152 98 11.~0
. h,270 4,200 4,00) . 143 140 160 I 610 588 .. 64o
760 . 700
600 , . 91 100 100 .
69 70 60
3,400 .. 2, 900 ' 2,600 2}~0 237 250 l
82h 688 .. 650
1J~g 1,i~g . 1:;~ol 'i~~ ~~i . 20~ I ~~~. . 2~~- ..:..24~
_._2,~4_1._o~~2,~1_o_o _~2~#_lo_ol . 23o . ?~Jo~-2~3_o~l~r -~-55~6~_4.~8_3' ~_4_8_3
'Group .:tota]. l
<>.: .
23,140 20,650
19,900j
115
,.
186
1. 8-3-
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3,848 J;GJ9
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W~~A~TE;R~lh!I5E=LO~N~S~: n a ...,outh Carolina
.4101,,~ 1423:,,0o0oo0~ ~ ~ I ~. : 6~o 11,o6o
l.f2,000
o.o-o... ..
000
1
4; ... . so 56 52
I
so 47 !
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54o 55o 2, 350 2,080 2;021
Qeorgia
52,710 57,000 61,000 78 78 75 I 4,109 4,446 . 4,575
JUabama
17,010 19, 000 -- 19,:oooj .:.91 90 95 1;:540 1,710 1, 065
Mississippi
10,340 14,000 ;13,DOO 70 67 .. 80
729 938 1~040
Arkailsas
' 10,000 ;11,~00 1~, ooo[ . 8l.f 89 83
839 l,oo6 : '996
:r.ouisiana , ' L~,54o 3,9oo - 4;300 75 85 , 70
344 332. I )01
Okl8:hoi:na
15,460 11,500 1D,ooo 64 '6o 8o
999.. 69Cf . Boo
Texas Arizona'
I . 110-,140 1oo.~ooo ll5;oo.o S,loo s,ooo 5,5oo
48 139
44 h2 '
165 150
5,2~i
71D
l'J ~"48g2p5-: Lh~'823$0
:G~p~p ia:768~~~57~4l3 Cal:u~ o:rnia , .. . 10,370 12:,ooo: 12,000 13~ 140 135 ' 1 356 ':J>68o' l ';62b
'-totai':. ,. . 288., 74.0 . 284,7.00 . 306,8oo .. :65 : : .66 63: 1...
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVIC~ :
U.S.'DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE '
'' " A"GRICULTURAL MARKETING Sf:RVICE
S'i"ATE DC:PARTMENT OF AGRICUI..TURE
AUG 1 6 ~ :
3 'g E)\TENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA.
Athens, Georgia
August 141 1957
L
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BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS
~~
During the week ending August 10~ commercial hatcheries placed 5,408,000 chicks
with the broiler produ.cers in Georgia commercial a:reaso This compares with the
5,708,000 placed the previous week and is 16 percent more than the 4,650,000
placed the same week last yearo
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Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,739~000 compared with 6~843,000 for
the previous week and is 8 percent greater than the 6, 227,ooo for the correspond-
ing week last yearo
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average
of 65 cents per dozen!} Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was
reported at $llo50 per hundred~ These prices are the same as for the previous 'tveek and compare with 72 cents and $13o25 one year agoo Egg prices shown relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise.
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers during the 'tveek ending August 10 are as follows: . North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 3~ potmds; at farms 20~00; FOB plants 2loOO. . _.
(See reverse side for other states)
Date Week Ending
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS -c PERIOD JUNE 8~ THROUGH AUGUST 101 19.57
Eggs Set
- Chicks Hatched 1/ Inshipments-
Placed in Georgia of Chicks
I I
I1 Total Placed on Farms
1956 .: 191)7 Thousands
1956 t 19t;7 Thous.ands
1.9)6 ; 19~7 Thousands
19~6 125.1 Thousands
June 8
6;.516
7,213 4,465 5;21.5 81.5
662
June 15 6:,896
7,131 4$.578 5:,266 808
736
June 22 6;770
7,182 4,446 5;235 135
638
June 29 61534
7,042 1-J.-,481 5:,048 804
733
July 6
6;152
6,803 4:572 5,051 828
682
July 13 6,067
6;910 4,472 5;015 678
734
July 20 6,251
7,051 4,470 5,141 690
719
July 27 6,075
6,927 4,359 5,005 594
748
Aug 3
6,152
6,843 4,218 5,035 582
673
Aug 10
6,227
6,739 4,167 4,867 483
541
1/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into States outside of Georgia.
5;?80 . 5;386
5;181
5;285
5:,400 5,1.50
5,160 4:,950 4,800 4,650
5;877 6;002
5;,873 5:,781
5,133 5;809 5,860 5,153 5, 708
5,408
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
WED1AN G 0 t NEAL
Agricultural St<.'l.tistician
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNI'r'i~r OC:: GEO GIA
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE
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. ltj STATE DEPARTft\ENT OF AGRICULTUR
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG., A~HENS, GA.
August 19, 1957
GEORGIA CORH:
ITE.LD AND PRODUCTION
(CGRRE.CTED COfY)
District 'and County: Harvested Acres: Yielq Per Acre: Production
DISTRICT I Bartow Catoosa Chattooga Dade Floyd Gordon Murray Paulding Polk Walker wnitfield
Total
DIS1RICT II Barrow Cherokee Clarke Cobb Dawson De Kalb Fannin Forsyth . Fulton Gilmer Gwinnett Ha l l J a ckson Lumpkin Oconee Pickens Towns Uni on
v~a lton
vJhi te
Total
. DISTRICT III 'Banks Llbert Franklin Habersham Hart Lincoln 11adison Ogle t h o r p e Rabun Stephens Wilkes
Total
DISTRIC'I' . IV
Carroll Chattahoochee Clayton Coweta Douglas l<'ayette Haralson Harris Heard
12, 800
23.3
3,840
32 .o
10,690
26.2
3,290
31.0
11,000
2?.2
13,340
23.3
. 8,740
26.2
7,970
18 .. 4
. 9,100
22.3
&,.580
30.1
~ ,6 5 0
25.2
99,000
25.2
6,090 . "( ' 010
1, 7L~o
6, 340 2,920 2,330 3)920 8 ,220 8,660 . .4,490 i0, 890 . 8, 640 8, 71.+0. . 3, 270 5,460 2,680 2, 400
s,ooo
12,420 3,7C3 0
115,000
19.6 28.9 14.0 20 . 6 28.9 23.7 39.2 32.0 26.8 41.2 26.8 22.7 20 . 6 39.2 16.5 25. 8 46.0 41.2 23.7 30 . 9
27.2
5,980 5, 71.+0 0, 960 5,040 7,800 3,940 8,460 7,560
2, 970
3,700 5,850
66,000
17.9 i4.o 16 .9 25.9 15.9 18.9 13.0 12.9 37. 8 17. 9 18.9
17.7
25,970
22 .2
790
19.4
3,050
20 .3
12,620
20.3
4,940
21.3
6,170
19.3
7, 1;1-80
21.3
4,530
20,3
8,180.
18.4
(District 4, Continued)
298,000 122,900 280,000 102,100 298, 800 310,700 228, 900 146, 900 203,100 288,100 218,200
2, 497, 700
119,300 202,400 24,300 130,700 84,300 55 ,300 153,600 262,700 232,2.90 1R5,200 291,900 196 ,000 180,200 128 ,100
90,100 69,100 110,400 206,200 291+.600 116, 900
3,133,500
107,200 80,100 . 151, 800 130,600 . 124,Joo 74,600 109,600 97,900 112,400 66,400 110, 700
1,165.600
577,100 15,300 61,900 256,000 10) ,000 119,200 167, 500 91,900 150,200
t , , .
. . . . .. . ;.. :
. ,, :r:"!i"i .r ::.' ... ...'-,,.
:_\::--~ :/ . . , '(rJiffihlA'.' coiu'f ~
. 1956 ACRLAcL,
YILLD Alm
.. . ~. \ . PRGvucTroN!
..
. ~
'. . .
. . .': . ' t ; . ; : : ~ ~ ; : ~)
.:. ' ~ :
.
DJSTRI CT IV, Cont 1d.
Henry Lamar Hacon Harion r:Ieriwether Huscogee Pike Schley Spalding Talbot Taylor Troup Upson
Total
- DISTRI CT V
Baldwin Bibb Bleckley Butts Cra-v1ford Dodge Greene Hancock Houston Jasper Johnson Jones Laur ens Monroe i"Iontgomery Ho r gan Newton Peach Pulaski Putnam Ro c k d a l e Taliaferro Tr eutlen 'l'vng gs Has h i ngt o n trJheel er Hilkinson
Total
DIS'l'RIC'l' VI . Bu l l o c h - Burke CanG.ler Columbia Eff ingham Lmanuel Glas cock J eff er son Jenkins IicDuffie Ri chmond Screven Warren
Total
10,590 45290 29,130 15,160 14,?10
960 7, 090 . 12,760 2, 630 5, 030 . 20, 110 6, 520 4, 890
208,000
'10, 810 4,890
'23, 560 3,h80 7, 600 39,890 5, 010
' 14,230 19, 600 . . 3,490 33,310 . 1, 82 0 '91, 640
2, 950 21,560 8, 840 7,950 . 9, 610 '18, 92 0 2, 650 . 3, 920 1, 860 1? , 250 '11, 940 '36, 95 0 24, 530 1.4, 740
443, 000
' 82, 800 - 58,020
28' .58 0 h , l 90 18,320 . 51,700 ' 9,8 ?0 . 35,030 . 33, 520 9,560
4,7~0
60,010 12,110
408,500
19.3 26.1 26.1 18 . 4 18 . 4 20 .. 3 24 .1 21o3 . 24~1 24.2 27.1
22. 2
23.2
22.2
204,600 111, 900 759,900 2?8,300 . 270,000 19,500 171,200 2?1, 200 63,)00 121,500 544,000 144, 900 113, 400
4,618,000
24.1 31.4 '19.9 32.5 31.4 22.0 1? . 8 18 . 9 36.7 32. 5 19.9 20.9 "22.0 25 . 2 26. 2
'l'l .8
20.9 36. 7
'23 .o
20.9 23.0 l )o 7 19. 9 20. 9 17.8 22.0
22 .o
. 22 0 7
260,400
153,700
468,900
113,000
238, 800
877 ,hoo
89,200
268 ,300
718, 500
113,300
662,900
38,100
2,015,6 00
74,200
564 ,500 157 ,400
' .
166, 500
352,300
.i..
43-s6:r:>:,,05,0000
90,300
29,200
.343,300
2)0,100
657, 900
.539,600
324, 200
1 0 , 059 , 100
23.6
1, 9.55,100
'-"
2L2
1,227,300
. 21.6
618,600
'12. 8
53, 600
19.7
360,500
17.7
915,600
19.7
194,200 .
18.7
654, 800
20.2
676,000
12.8
122,300
18.7
89, 500
23.6
1,416,900
13.8
166, 800
20.7
8,451,200
GLORGIA CORN: 1956 ACREAGE 2 TIELD AND PRO!JUCTJ:ON
Qi~_t!_i_s:t_a!!d_C_qll!!t;z::: _ Jia!:.v~s_!:e~ !cEe~: - !i~l~ ~eE. ~cE_e!... _PE_o~U.tio!!
DISTRICT VII l aker Calh oun Clay Decatur Dougherty E.arly Grady Lee Hiller Ni t c h el l Quitman Randolph Seminole S t ew a r t Sumter Terrell Th omas \r-iebster
23,890 16,890
13,410 51, 800 11,520 51,160 51,7 50 20,300
38,470 58 , 810 5, 210 21,840 26,270 15, 950 33,960 25,800
52' 750 11,720
20.8
497,700
22.e
385,300
19.8
266,000
23. 8
1, 233,200
26o8
308,500
28. 8
l,L~7l, 700
30.7
1,591,300
22.8
463,100
27 .8
1,068,500
28.8
1,691,700
26.8
139,500
22.8
498,300
25.8
677' 500
25 .8
411,400
26 .8
909, 600
22.8
588 , 600
27.8
1,465,100
23.8
279, 000
Total
531,500
26.2
13,946,000
DISTRICT VIII
r
Atkinson Ben Hill
Berrien
Brooks
Clinch
Coffee
Colquitt
Cook
Crisp
Dooly
Echols
Irwin
Jeff Davis
Lani er
Lowndes
Telfa:iir
Tift
Turner
Wilcox
Worth
16,310
14,150
42,970 54,640 2, 540 56, 820 68,500 28,840 30,460 38,220
4,300 36,840 21,630
11,340 33,920
29, 850 28,380
l7' 750 24, 650 51, 890
24.4
398 ,200
26.4
374, 200
24.4
1,049,000
22.4
1,222, 800
24.4
62,000
26.4
1, 502, 800
27.5
1, 881,400
26.4
762, 800
22.4
681,700
24.4
933,100
20.3
87,500
31.-5
1,161,700
21.4
462,100
26.4
299 ,900
23~4
793, 600
22.7
678,000
25.4
721,700
26.4
469,400
23.4
576,700
26.4
l, 372, l.J.OO
Total
614,000
25.2
15,491,000
DISTRICT IX Appling Bacon Brantley Bryan Camden Charlton Chatham Evans Glynn Liberty Long
. Mcintosh Pierce Tatnall Toombs viare \riayne
27,250 21,140 5,580 5,420
330 1,420
1,570 17,050
31 0 2,280
4,800 280
25,850 42,130 32,480 15,190 22,920
24.7
672,000
27.6
583,900
27.6
154,100
24.7
133,700
23.6
7,800
22.7
32,200
24.6
38,700
23.7
403,700
23.5
7,300
24.6
56, 200
25.6
123,100
23.6
6,600
25.6
663 ,ooo
25.6
1,080,500
23.7
769,000
23.7
359,600
26.6
610,500
Total
226,000
25.2
5,701,900
STATE TOTALS
2,711,000
24.0
65,064,000
ARCHIE. LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician, In Ctiarge
\rJILLIAH E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician
c
]) 900 7
'/-A 3
21- :i"/
CGIE(())~<GllA (C}Ri(()
AG~ICUl.TURAl. EXTENSION SERVICE UNtVCRSITY OF GEORGIA AND 1HE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Athens, Georgia
0 JEJP>(Q) r\11rll~~G SJE~\\/llCIE
,...,p Ufiii'!E ' '( C'" ('
L'\
AUG 2 2 '.57
U.S. DEPAR TMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICUL1' URAL MARKETING SERVICE 3t9 EXT Et"HON Sl.OG., ATH~ tJS , GA.
August 21, 1957
~s
,
_ - - - ..BRO., ILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA CO:tvllIERCIAL AJ.'tEAS
During the week ending August 17, c onunercial hatcheries placed 5,211,000 chicks
with the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares vdth the
5,1-+08,000 placed the previous week and is ll percent mere than the 4, 700,000
placed: the same ,-;eek last year.
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6, 703,000 compared vri.th 6, 739,000 for t he previous week and is 13 percent greater than the 5,909,000 for the correspond-
ing week last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average
of 67 ce;J.ts per dozen~ 1'\.verage pri ce charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at ~11. 75 per hundred. These prices compare l-Tith 65 cents and $11.50 for the pr.evious week and 72 cents and $13.25 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate t:"o Ge'cirgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise.
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market Nev1S Service for broilers
during the w'cek ending August 17 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 .. J} pounds, at farms 20.03; FOB plants 21.00.
(See reverse side for other . statos)
Date \feek Endj.ng
GEORGIA CHICK PLACE1-'1ENT BY ~'lEEKS
------ ------.-------- PEHIOD JUNE 5 THROUGH 'AUGUST 17, 1957
.
.
Eggs
Chicks Hatched 1/- Inshipments
Total Placed
Set
Placed in Georgia : of Chicks
on Farms
1956 : 1957
1956
1957 1956 : 19.575' 1956 1957
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
June 15 June 22 June 29
July 6
July 13 Jul y 20 July 27 Aug . 3 Aug . 10 Aug, 17
6,896
6,770 6,53h 6,152 6,067 6,251 6,075 6,152 6,227 '5,909
7,131 7,182 7,042 6,803 6,970 7,051 6,927 6,843
6~739
6,703
4,578
4,446 4,481 4,572
4,L~72
4,470 4,356 4,218 4,167 4,093
5,266 808 5,235 735 5,048 80h 5,051 828 5,075 678 5,lL~l 690 5,005 594 5~035 582 4, 867 483 4,723 607
736. 5,386 638 5,181 733 5,285 682 5,400 734 5,150 719 5,160 748 4,950 673 4,800 541 1+,650 488 4,700
JJ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into t?tates 9utside of Georgia.
6,002
5,873 5,781 5,733 5,809 5,860 5, ?53 5,708 5,408 5,211
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
WEYMAN G. 0: NEAL Agr icultural Statistician
Aft~r Five Days Return to
United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Harketing Servic e
319 Extension Building
Athens, Georgia OFFICIAL BUSiliSSS
Penalty For Private Use To Avoid
Payment of Postage, $300
GI
D EX C NGE S~CTIQN
TH U! I VE ~ITY LI RIES
r
M AI ~ C A~ US UJI VERSITY OF GA.
AT HE S GA.
REG-TC-BR
-
EGGS SET .:J..TLJ CHICY..S PL!1CED D I CCHi:'iERCI:~L f~REf',S, BY vrK~S - 1957
Page 2
STAT:;I;
l
. . .ug. Aug. JJ.ug.
.. 3
10
17
EGGS SET - THOU~J~.JDS
Hc.i n e Connecticut
l 1,259 974
I Penns;rlva."lia
I ndiana
1,380 1,616
I l linois
325
Uissouri
1,468
De l e .w a r e
2;046
:r.:c.ryland
2,17.5
V i r gi n i a
2,024
~Te st Virginia
321
North Carolina 2,661
South Carolina
455
GEORGIA
6, 8L:3
Flor ida Alab ama His sissippi Lr ka'l.sas Louisiana Texas
Ha sh i n g t o n Ore g on California
. 362
2,365 1,785 2, C73
376 2,347
348 265 1,247
1,240 908
1,321 1,566
336 1,375 2,039 2,131 2,031
324 2,576
471 6,739
412 2,379 1_. 805 2, 734
361 2, 293
310 185 1,_260
1,234 945
1,301 1,537
350
1,373 5 l_ , q,.l4
2,l33 1,970
. 333 2,.539 . 460 6 )0)
4l 7 2, 430 l, 736 2,535
372 2,514
300 204 1,157
June
15
i,099 693 783
1,022 185
636 1,917 1,606 1",425
535 2,318
310 6,002
.
202 2,236
1, 382
2,401
390
2,336
275
181
890
'1/lee.<: Ending
--.-
.;Ui.l.e
22
June
29
July
6
. July
July
13
20
CHICKS PI.J'.CED - 'I'H OlJS~"J.IDS
---
1,088 1,048
6h8 551
855
744
1,070 1,066
177
128
620
618
1,942 1,913
1, 677 1,694
1,218 1,394
604
530
2,347 2,289
331
322
5,;_-873- - 5, 781
1,006
548 629 1,074 180 669 1,983 1,714 1,426 486 . 2,295
357 5, 733
967 610
701 1,019
100
736 2,042 1,622 1,1!.36
612 2,200
39h 5;809
1,023 619
756 958 167
637 1, 827 1, 668 1, 326
593 2, 125
393 5,860
222 2, 209
1,391 2, 586
405 2,272
301 207 928
. 248
2,274 1;467 2,619
357 2, 198
318 159 801
218 2,115 1,519 . 2,617
367 2,275
220 166 941
268 2,110
1, 59L~ 2,50~~
385 2,102
22 L~
220 976
221 2, 157 1,584 2,490
385 2,009
292 1o/_<_,
1,004
- -. :
July
27
J~ug.
3
.. fmg .
Aug .
10
17
1,042 518 823 983 200 710
1,784 1,595 1,279
592 2,117
320 5, 753
176 2,062 1, 620 2,527
. 342 2,009
289 161 986
993 555 700 976 161 585 1,749 1,444 1 , 3 80 544 2,156 332 5,708
.199
2, 019 1,:3 87 2, 463
. 394 1, 87!i
225 :1.68 867
1,013 559 837
1,018 156 661
1,753 1, 396 1;309
564 2,205
303 5,408
193 2,119 1, 314 2,273
3_39 1, 792
239 127 826
978 570 847 867 175 577 1,780 1,1+46 1,324 575 1,978 320 5.211
211 ,2,175 1, 346 2, 044
308 1,888
252 162 916
TOT.'.L 1957
35, 515 3h, 795 34, 538
28,82 6 28, 971 28,519 28,548 28,719 28,277 27, 883 26, 879 26, 409 25,950
TOT."..L 1956
33, 89 7 33,290 31,801
1957 % of 1956
105 105
109
28,219 102
27,832 lOh
27,661 103.
26,520 2o(-. , 2o'_.-,'
107
109
25,540
24
.
'
618
24,642
24,553
24,380
~ 11-1 - -- --1--1-3-~ ... -1-0-9-- --- -1-0-8- - -- - 1--0
P..GRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND .TH!:: ~ 1' ~TE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Athens, Georgia
. R.i\E(.tS
S. DI:':FARTMl!NT OF AGR!CULTURE
--- U 8--~RICllLTURAL M.D.RKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION P.LDG., ATHENS, GA.
August 27, 1957
PEANUT. COTJNTY ESTI I"J.ATES
1955 Revised - - - .. 1956 .PrBliminary
Dist rict
And
County
:__ ~c_e~ !!~51s_!:e~ __ :__ _!i~l~ _EeE ~c!e_ . :_ __ r_d~c_!;i_n___ ..
:
~ :
:
: :
:
:
1955
1956
1955 , : 1956
1955 : 1956
DISTRICT IV
Chattahoochee Harris 11acon Marion Huscogee Schley Talbot Taylor Upson
(.
DISTRICT V
BaldvJin Bleckley Crawford Dod ge Hancock Houston Johnson Laur ens 11ontgomery Newton Peach Pulaski Tr eu t l e n Twiggs . Hashington \..Jheeler vJi lki n s o n
DISTRICT. VI
Bulloch Burke r--- )andl er Effi ngham Emanuel Gla s coc k Jef ferson Jenkins "vicDuffie Richmond S c r ev en v-rarren
- DISTRICT VI I
Baker r-- Calhoun
Clay Decatur Dougherty Early nr ady Lee J'1il ler hi t chell
Acres
._pounds
i'h<m,sand Pourrl s
300
J.O
5:,750 . 3,950
20 3,350
230 2,410
20
16, Oi~O
270 10 5:,670 3,710 20 3,210 210 2,430 20
15,550
550
659
500
500
620
898
615
919
500
. 500
760 1,084
509
710
806 1,052
-600 __100
673
958
165
5
3,563 2,429
10 2,545
117 1, 9Lf3
12
10,789
178
5
5,091 3,408
. -10 3,479
149 2,556
14
14, 890
30 2,410
40 7,370
10 6,010 4oo 8,300 1,010
10 . 610 9,890
60 1,480 2,020
950 . 820
41,420
12,460 6, 740 1,180
460 3,040
. 460 3,2 00 3,300
20 320 5,290 30
36,500
50 2,220
45 7,530
10 5,960 .:
390 8,220 1,150
15 . 690.
9,490 70
1,840 1,900 1,010
860
41,450
).].00
420
735
918
Lfoo
622
799
916
400
500
661-~.
967
675
554
795
827
706
978
500
533
831
919
704 1,011
~.17
600
645
460
482
552
98L~ 1, 043
621+
783
728
887
13,010
880
991
6,500
569
682
1 , 2 80
697
981
. 460
804
963
3,180
1,009 ~
885
. 400
1+09
552
3,240
565
616
3,130
983
696
0
500
0
330
503
545
5,120
835
864
30 36,680
hOO 792
-667
841
12 1,771
16
5, 892
4
3,992 270
6,602
713 5
507 6,961
25
955 974 935
- -512
21 2,037
28 6,900
5 5,763
216
6,795 1,125
8
634 9,590
42 846 1,049 1, 053
- - -673
36,78:5
10,964 3,833
823 .370 3,066 188 1, 807 3,244 10 161 Lf,417 12
28,895
12' 897 4,432 1,256
443 2, 815
221 1,995 2,177
0
180 i~, 422
20
30, 858
15,420 17,750 12,480 17,140 6,430 36,640
8:,500
16,480 20,700 21, Lf70
15:,150 17:,180 12:,170 16,870 6,230
33:,730 8,590 15,980 20;100 21,240
921 961 1:,068 1,146 . 890
1;175 1,036
834 1,290
987
(Continued)
1,080
1~~02
1,008 1,063
969 1:,015 1,054 1,178 1,086 1,226
14,199 17,052 13;333 19:,649 5, 725 40;695
8, 804
13' 73 7 26,713 21,195
16,360 20,656 12,273 17,932 6,031-J. 31-J., 220
9,055 18,82 9 21, 829 26, 037
...
.
. .
.
...,
.
. . '
Distri ct
.:_ _ ~.ar~sJI.ar::e~t.ecL _ .:. _ Ii~1..<j J2e! ~ere__ .:~ _ _ho.dlUltion -. __
and
County
l&?~ : 1956
1955 ~ 1956 : :19.55 : 1956
Acres QI..'!!ICT_Y~J, Continued
Quitman
4,250
4,450
Randolph Semirfqle
St~wart
Sumter
23 , 220 13, '?40 . 8:>430 16,240
22,420 13,090 8,870 16,120
Ter rell Thomas Webster
23,900 4,960
~
275,880
23,390 4,930
- - - 9.510
270,020
Pounds
929
898 1,447
761 892 921 948 -12.0 1,020
900
1,077 1,093
981 1, 1?9 1,371
862
J...J.~
1,114
Thousand Pounds
3,949 20,856 19, ,884 6,418 14,485 22,018 4,704 8,006
281,422
4,003 2h,136 14,) 06 8, 702 . 19,013 32,060 4,249 11,233
300,927
DISTRI.C.oT.:;V...,I-I-I-
At,ldnson
Ben Hill Berrien Brooks Coffee
Colquitt Cook Crisp Dooly Irwin Jeff Davis Lanier Lolmdes
Telfair Tift
Turner "lilcox \AJorth
150 6;670 1,820 4,700 2,830 9,030 1,390 14,500 18,750 15,280
80
0
610
3,350 12,520 20,330 12,610 30,260
154,880
170 6, 730 1,920 4,880 3,210 9,120 1,760 14,120 18,220 15,390
110 10 620 3,590 12,330 19,890 12,490
29,6~
154,240
1,220 894
1,041 994
91L~
1,020 1,190 l,o58 .
746' 1,096
925
0
902 881 1,068 1,039 847 959
968
1,306 1,008 1,164 1,001 1,064 1,137 1,2.53 1,442 1,138 1,283 1,255
800 805 1,222 1,123 1j220 1,077 1,117
1,172
183 5,960 1,894 4,673 2,586 9,211 1,654 15,31+5 13,990 16,655
74
0
550 2,952 13,369 21,126 10,683 29,033
149,938
222 6,782 2,235 4,884 3,417 10,369 2,205 20,366 ' 20;131 19,750
138
8
499 4,387 13,851 24,266 13,455 33,162
180,727
~ DISTRI. .C.T..I.X.
Appling Bacon Bryan Evans Pierce Tattnall Toombs Wayne
STATE
300 20 140 450 10 920
-1,400 40
3,280
528,000
330 20 180 670 20 1,060 1, ?30 50 4,o6o
522,000
883 1,121
700 1,350
807
989
833 1,134
700
600
.949 1,319
983 1,161
- - 675
780
930 1,181
265 14 113 375
7
873 1,376
27
3,050
370 27 178 760 12 1,398 2,009 39
4,793
955 1,090 504,240 568,980
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
RAYMOND R. HANCOCK . _) Agricultural Statistician
6-A
s is
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION seRVicE:
A.US J0:. ~. 7. .
U. s. DEI"!A~.ENT OF ' AGRICULTURE
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA A;ND '1'HE . . . .
AGRICUL.TURA&.: MARKETiNG SERVICE :
S'fATE O~FARTMENT or:: :AGRICUL'f'ljRE; ,
319 EXTENSION B.L.DG., ATHENS, GA.
Athens, Georgia .
I ,~
LIBRARIES .
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. .'August 28~ .:195-7
BROILER CHICK -~REPORT FOR GEORGIA COOIERCIAL AHEAS
During the week ending August 24, commercial hatcheries placed 5,272;0QO chicks with the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This. compares with the 5,2il,OOO placed the previous week and is 10 perc~nt more than the 4,8oo,ooo placed the same week last year.
Egg~ set by local hatche.ries apiou,nted to 6,4)1,000 c;mp;ll'ed with ::6, 703;,000 f~r1
the ; previous }'leek and is ~9' 'percent . greater than t!):e 5,917,000 'fpr. th~.. corresponc-
ing ' \veek last year. '
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Hataheries reported ~ices p~id. for patching eggs during the week at : an average
of 67 cen~s per dozen~ Average price charged by hatcheries for the ohicks was
reported at $11.75 per hundred. These prices are the srune as for the previous wee~ and compare with .72 cents apd ~j;J.3. 25 one year ago. Egg prices shown rela~e
to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or .otherwise.
the.
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\'leighted average prices from
Federal-State Market News &er:v:ioe for broilers
dT'ing th~ week ending August 21.J. are as follows: : North Georgia .broilers 2 3/4 -
32 :~;:>Ounds,, at farms 19.56; FOB plants 20.54.
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(See reverse side for other states)
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GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY 'WEEKS
-D-a-teET
PERIOD JUNE 22 THROUGH AUGUST 24,1957
.
Eggs .:
Chicks Hatched 1/ I Inshipments
vJeek
.. . Set
Placed in Georgia . of Chicks
Ending
1956 : 1957 1 1956 _: '. 1957 . 1956 : 1957
Total Placed
. ,. on Farms-
1956
l~i7
Thousands , ..
Thousands
Thousan.d;3
Thousands
<
Jurie 22 June 29 July 6 July 13
6, 71.0
6, 53'4
6,152 6,067
I 7,182
7,042 6,803 6,970
4,446 4, 1.~81 4,572 :
4,472 '
5,235 735
I' 5,o48
. 5,051 .. 5,075
. 804 828
678 .
638 5,181
733 5,285 682 5,400
134 5,150
July 20
July 27
Aug._ \ 3
6,251 6,075 . 6,152
'7,051 6:,927 6,843
h,470
4,356 4,218
l ' 5,141 . 690
5,005 5, 035
594 ' 582
719 5,160
748 4,950 . 673 h, 800 .
Aug. 10 Aug . 17 Aug. 24
6,227
5,909 .5,917
6:,739 6,703 6 ,451
4,167 4;093 4,098
1+, 867 h,723 4,577
-t, .468o37
:j 702
541! . :U/650 _:
488' 610
.
L..'
4,
700 :8oo.
'
1/ :Exclusiv~ of hatchings shipped into States outside of Georgia. -
'
5,"873 5,781 5;733 5,809
5,860
5, 753 5,708
55',426i.8l
5,272
ARCHIE :LANGLEY . '
Agricultural Statistician In Charge
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WEYMAN G, OfNW~L
Agricultural Statistician
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-- - EGGS
SET
AND CHICI(S
PlJ1.C:ill
I N COMNEP.CL'.L Alill'\.S,
.
-
BY h'EEKS
-
1957
... STATE
l ,.
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.. -
.-. fug. ... 10
Aug.
11
. .
.Aug.. :. 24 ' :
,;
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Iv.l.cine Connecticut
P(mn~~rlvania
Indiana
Illinois fli.ssouri
(
i
EGGS SET - THOUS.t~TI)S
1':
I
J i ,?:4o" . 1, 234 1;207
-; J ' - 998 . 9.45
939
. .:!'
1, 321
1..
t:66 '3~ 36
.1, 301 . 1,537
350
1,337 1, 453 .
361
1,__'J..75" 1, 373 1,321
-Delaware
2,039. 1~945. 2,-072 .
.}la r-yland
. 2,1.31 2,:;1.33 2,200
:Virginia
west Virginia
North Carolina . .S~uth Carolina GEORGIA
2, 031
324 2,576 . ~71 6, 739
1, 970
333 2, 539
460 6,703
1,948 .
J32 2j497
460 6,451
Fl o r i d a
Ll2 4i7
'..A12bama )Tis si ~sfppi JI..rkari.sas
.!Ll'oexuaiss_ia:n;-_a
....1 2,.3 79 .,J 1, &05 ' .2. , _73"3614- ?,293".
2,4:30
1, 7.3 6 2,585
372 2,514
.'\-!ashington ;
. 310 300
. . { )r:egori: .:
...Ca.li ';.t'o.rriia
185 2o4 ,1-;26f? 1,157
.. TOTAL 1'957
34, 7_96 34,538
408 2,382 1,708
2, 694 378
2,-463 278
214
1,39 6
34;'499 - !
. TCT:~i ) 956-
I13.3/2. 9~. 31,801 30,808
., l9.5T..:%.:. of 1956 ' 10;,
io~.
112
: re ek ~d ing
: . June 22
June . July
29
6
J].l1y 13
.. July : . July
Aug.
20
27 .
-:) ..1
i
I
,.. ~~ ~~~ .
1 r
855 1,070
I 177
I1 62o 1,942
1,677
1 1,21s
I 6o4
! 2~347
I
I
331
5, 873
I 222 I 2,209
.,. 12,,538961
405
I
2,272 301
I 207 928
I
!28,971
127' 832
I
I
104
l, Oi.~8
551 744 1,066 128 618 1,913 1, 694 1,_394 530 2}289 3.22 5, 7Bl 248 2, 27Li 1,467 2,-619 357 2,198 318 159 8:01
28,519
27, 661,
103
CHICKS P:UCED - THOUSAliDS
. .
1,oo6
548 . 629
l,074 180 669
1,983 1,714 :1,, 426
486 2,295
. 367 . 5, 733
218 2,115 1,519 2,617
367 2,275
220 " . 166 .
941
967. .. 1,023
610
619
701
756
1,019
958
180
167
736
63 7
2;042 1, 82 7 1~622 1, 688
1,436 1,326
612
593
2,200 2,125
394
.393
5~809 5, 860
268
221
2,118 2,157
1,594 1,584
2,504 2,490
385
385
. 2 ,_1C~ . 2, 009
224
292
220
163
976 1,004
28, 548 28, 719 2.8,277
26, 520 26,265 25,540
107 .. 109
111
1, 01 2 5'"-8 223
~J 83
~ (}j
7J..0
-1,784 l ,.S95 1,279
592 2,ll7
320
5, 753
176 2,062 1, 620 2,527
342
2~ 009
289 161
986
993
555
700 976 161
585 1,749 1,444 1,380
544 2,156
33?.
5, 708
199 2,019 1,387 2,463
394 1,874
225 168
867
27' 888 ~ .. 26, 879 24 , 618 24,642
113
109
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Aug. .Aug.
Aug
10
17
24
1,013
559 837 1,018 156 661
1,753 1,396 1,309
564 2,205
308 5, 408
193 2,119 1,314 2,273
339 1, 792
239 127 826
978 570 847 867
175 577 1,780 1,4h6 1, 324
575 1,978
320 5 ,211
211
2, 175 1, 346 2, 044
308 1,888
252 162
916
26, 409 25,950
24, 553 24,380
108 106
981 539 815 843 181 575 1, 669 1,502 1,230 514 1,979 317 5 2 272 226 2,068 1,292 2,009 376 1,827 271 137 894
25, 517
24,429
104
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AGRICUlTURAL. EXTENSION SERVICE :U~liVER$1TY OF GEORGIA AND TH~ STt.:.TE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUI..Tt.:RE .
Athens, Georgia
U.S. DEPART NT OF AG?.ICULTURE .AGRICUl.TURAL MARKETING SERVICE
319 EXTENSION.BLOG., ATHCt~S. GA.
August 30, 1957
TURKEYS RAISED IN 1957
GEORGIA: The preliminary estimate of turkeys raised in Georgia this year
is estima-l:.ed at. 342,000 birds compared with 360;000 in 1956,or
a decrease of S percent. Heavy breed turkeys account for 335,000 birds and
light breeds 7,000.
UNITED STATES: Farmers are ra1s1ng about 8i million turkeys this year -
S percent more than in 1956, according to the preliminary
estimate of the Crop Reporting Board. About 6 percent more heavy .breed tur-
keys are being raised this year than last, while li ght breeds . show a de-
crease of 3 percent. Light breeds are 17 percent of the total raised this
year, compared with 18 percent last year and 26 percent in 1955.
Heavy breed . increases from last year were 12 percent in the West, 10 percent
in the East North Central, 6 percent in the West North Central, 5 percent in , the South Central and 1 percent in the South atlantic States. Ther.e was an
8 percent decrease in heavy breeds in the North iLtlantic .States. Heavy white ~urkeys raised this year will be about 22 percent of all heavies raised.
Light breed turkeys decreased 3 percent from last year. Decreases were . 1:;1 percent in the North Atlantic, 18 percent in the \!{est North Central, 6 percent in the West and l percent in the East North Central States. Light breeds
increased 5 percent in the South Atlantic and 4 percent in the South Central
States.
Turkeys raised during 1957 are from poults hatched September 1956 through August 1957. The . hatch September through December 1956 was 1 percent higher than a year earlier. This increase of over two million turkeys in the fall . accounted for about 3 percent of the 1957 crop. i n January, the hatch compared with that of 1956 was up 43 percent and in February was up 15 percent. The very heavy early season hatch coupled with prices that were below a year earlier caused producers to reduce their purchase of poults later inthe y13ar.
Turkey prices during the first half of 1957 averaged 15 percent below the comparable period in 1956, while feed prices increased 1 percent above last year.
In this report, light breed turkeys include Beltsville Small White, Jersey
Buff, Royal Palm and Wild turkeys. Heavy breed turkeys inqlude Heavy White, Bronze, and other heavy breeds.
ARCHIE LANGUY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
CARL 0. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician
...,. __ _ .... .....
. Turkeys: Number Raised on Far ms
________ _
State
: -
-
-
-
- .-
-
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.- . ~- :- :-: -
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-
-.- 7
- -
7 - ; .-;- .-
7
-
~- -
and :-- -Heiavy~bi=eeds - - : - ~- Ei';!"ht oreeds...,;...:. _- -=-- Total ali breeds--
Divisi'on:-=- 19~6-:-::-1957 -:I9~7as% :-195b: I9'57- :r957. a9:-%~ :-i9.5~ -=-.i9rf7 i'i9s'7..as%
:
.
i 19.56 :
: of 1956 :..
:
.: of 1956
- - - - -Thou: - Th'oU..- -Percent- Thou:- -Thou.- Percent ..;. ~ Tho U. - Th'o11: - Per-cent--
tvla ine
121 126 104 16
7 lrb
137 133
97
N. H.
118 127 108
.3
2 67
121 129 107
Vt .
113 112
99
2
2 100
115
l l L~
99
Mass .
561 555
99
10
10 r oo
S71 565
99
R. I .
41 39
95 .
4
2 50
~S
41
91
Conn.
268 262
98
11
11 100
279 273
98
N. Y.
898 709
79
37
30 Cl
935 739
79
N. J .
.. 212 , 1 199 :, 9h
55
23 h2
267 222
83
-Pa-. --
N. At 1.
-.
- - - 1,742
4,074
-13-,,670-321-..-
-
-9922-
-
-53-0719-
-
-23-1025-
-
-55-89
-
-
- - - - 2 ,113 4,.5.83
- - - - 1;817
4,033
-..
-.-:.8886-
-
Jhio- -: - .2 ,"~2I :-2~403'"" -- 95"" - -67b- - -600- - - 89. - ~ -3"il95'". -3;003-- - 94- -
Ind. " 1,638 .2,oa2 127 416 5o6 122 : 2,o54 2, 588 126
Ill.
1,079 1,209 112
77
63 82 : .. :.1,156 1,272 110
Mich .
915 Y87 100 174 276 159
1, 089 1, 263 116
Wis .
2,2 05 2,522
114
338
2:4
66'.. 2, 5L~3 2~746 . 108
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E.N.cent: ""8 ,35'"8 -9-;203- --rio- -r-;679- -r-;669- - - 99' - - Io;o37- -Io-;872- - -i68- -
Minn:--- 7,936 - 8-;577-- -roe- -r-;624- -1-;2?o-- ia - - - 9-;56o- -9~847-- -1o3--
Iowa
Mo. N. j)ak .
S .Oa k. Neb r Kc'l.ns .
5,516
2,723 532
549 895 860
5,810
2, 870 612
546 865 817
105 317
105 378
1],5 . h6
99
93
97
60
95
74
490 155 ' 5, 833 6,300 108
169 45
3,101 3,039
98
18 39
. 578 630 109
64 69
.6h2 610
95
Al l02 61 82
955 926 97
93li 878
91~
W . N .~ent:lg ,aiT Z0~0g7-- -ro6- -2~ 592- -2~133-- - 8 z - - Zl~6ry3- 72~2}0-- -1TI3--
Tiei .--- - ~ .tss- ~rii- - - 12-- -sio-- .- 536-- -66 - --- --9.65- ~ ~647-- - 67--
Md .
300 300 100 . 107 .. 164 153
407 . 1~ 64
114
Va.
2,625 : 2, 518
96 3, 844 . 4 ,274 111
6 ,[~69 . 6,7 92
105
w. Va . . . . 757 637
8L~ 1,092 1,027
91+
. J.,8!_,9 1,664
90
N. c.
1,241 1, 700 . 137 .
Sh
100 185
s. c. l,l91 1,124 . 9h
2$
56 224
1,295 1, 800 139
1,216 1,180
97
Ga .
351 335
95
9
7 78
360 342 ' 95
Fla .
154 1 38
90
69
lh3 :~07 .
. 223 281 126
s .-~~"tr: - 'b/T7Ii -6-;8'"63- - -1o1- -6-;oio-: ~6~307-- Io~- ~ : r2-;i84- I3-;17o-- -163--
us- - - "Ry: -- - - - 33"8 - -2"97- - -
2o- - - Is- - - 9o - - - -3~8- - -315- - - 138- -
Tenn.
189 : 181
96
21 . . 16 . 76
Al a .
Miss .
208 154
7h
171 179 105
57 132 232
5
4 80
Ar k.
1,743 2,090 120 484 382 79
La.
79 80 101
3
3 100
Okla .
736 741 lQl
224 1112 63
Texas 4,050 h,l)O 102 407 574 141
210 197
94
265 286 108
.176 . 183 104
2, 22 7 2,472 111
82
83 101
960 88.3
92
4,457 l+, 724 106
s.-Cent.- 7,514 -i;S72-- -io5 -1-;-221- -1:271-- Io4-- - s-;i35- -9-;143-- -105--
'Mont: - - --56 - - 46- - - ai- - - 2s- -- - -7- - -is - - - - 84- - - ~3- - - 63- -
Idaho
140 206 l h7
30
29 97
170 235 138 ))
Wyo.
10
6
60
)_j
2
50
14
8
57
Colo . 1,116 1,192 107
45
27 60
1,161 1,219 105
N. l1Jex.
51~
71
131
l~
3 75
58
74 128
Ar:Lz.
120 107
89
2
2 100
122 109
89
Utah
2,322 2,496 107 395 221 56
2,717 2,717 100
:{ev .
7
6
86
h
1 25
11
7
64
Wash .
693 669
97
50
22 44
7113 691
93
Greg , 1,252 1,243
99 176 214 122
1,428 1,457 102
Calif . 11, 656 13,1154 115 987 1,0B5 110 12, 643 14,539 115
w~st: -- -r7,42'b I 9-;49b - -1I2- -1;72s- -1-;6I3-- -94-- I9-;1~1- 2r;ro9-- -rio- -
u. 3 . 63, 157 67,2 62
106 13,736 13,2 95
97
76, 893 80, 557
105
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE s r ATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTU R E
At hens, Georgia
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS , GA.
August 1957
GEORGIA FLUE-CURED TOBACCO: 195~ HAR~STED ACR.EJ\GE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION
District and
Count_y
Harvested
Acz:~age
Yield Per\ Acre
Lbe,..
Production ~OOQ. Lbs.)
DISTRICTS I,
II,III & IV
0
0
0
DISTRICT V
Dodge Johnson Laurens Hontgomery Pulaski Treutlen Hashington \fueeler
515 115 . 36)
1,200 15
1,145 5
685
1,212 1,009 1,137 1,.175 1,267 1,077
Boo
1,296
624 116
415 1, 410
19 1,233
4 888
Total
4,045
1,164
4,709
DISTRICT VI
Bulloch Candler Effingham Emanuel Jenldns Screven
4,250 2,320
235 2,135
235 135
1,423 1,372 1,357 1,238 1,209 1,165
6,047 3,183
319 2,643
2t34 160
Total
9,310
1,357
12,636
DISTRICT VII
Baker De c a t u r Dougherty Grady I'1itchell Stev-rart Thomas
5
,3.90 20
1,575 2, 720
10 1,970
1,400 1,115
1, 200
1,330 1 , 2 86
700 1,314
7 435 24 2,094 3,499
7 2,588
Total
6,690
1,294
8,654
DI STRICT VIII
A t~d nson
B.on Hill Berrien Brooks Clinch Coffee Colquitt Cook Crisp Dooly Ech o l s Irwin Jeff Davis Lani er Lownd es Telfair Tift Turner 1/llilcox Worth
1,485 1, 110 4,820 2,830
305 5, 375 6,650 3,530
35
10
. 405
2,665 2,365 1,550 4,690
855 3,460
240 275 2,125
1,567
1:, L~75
1,489 1,324 1,262
1,755 1,497 1, 436 1,514 1,000
. 978
1,685
1,735 1,202 1,162
1,363 1,509 1,371 1,080 1,407
2,327 1,637 7, 179 3,746
385 9,432
9,955
5,070
53
10
396 4,491 4,104 1, 863 5,448 1,165 5,220
329 297 2,990
Total
44,780
1,476
66,097
(continued)
_____ ___ ---------......-------- GEORGIA .F'L U'E'-,CU.R'ED.TOBACCO: . District
1956 HARVESTED ACRF;AqE,
. Yield ...
mtb AND PRODUCTION
~~~- ~ -----..
and- . 1 .
Hart,ested
:i?er Ao~e
ProductiOn ... ....
Coun...t.y..,..
....... Acreage
.-...~.._~
Lbs.
(OO() ' tbs~ )
: .
\: '....:..
.
'
DISTRICT IX
. ,
...
.
;
. :' ;
..
' ' ' I ;
Appling
:3,01~
1,453
4,380
.. .Bacon . ..
.2,495 .
' 1,838
4,586
Brantley
1,225 '
1,561
1,-912
Bryan .
.330
1,,252
413
Ql;l~lto.~ . Chatham
1 19o5 ' .
1,426 '1,100
..
27-B.
11
Evans
1,400
1,432
2,005 . -. !
Liberty
100
1,080
108
LOng
390
1,382
. 539 '
Pierce
3, 750
1,786
6;699
Tattna11
3,875
- 1,489 '
. 5, 768 .
Toombs
2,650
1,208'
3,202
vlare
1, 885 ..
1, 734
3,268
vlayne
1,855
1,496
.2, 775
Tot~l
23,175
1,551
35,944
STATE TOTALS
88,000
1,455
128,olio
CARL 0, DOESCHER
Agricultural Statisticj.an
AieHIE LANGLEY .
Agrieultutal Statistie~an In Charge
.:
A Hl>c:to0 7
C-r/.fA-3 lqs-7 seP 3
AGRICU&,.TURAL EXTENSt0!-1 SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA A!'ID TH ~! s r ATE DEPART~C::NT, OF AG~ICU'-!TUilE
.A~hens, Georgia
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICUL'!'URAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EX'rENSION a:..DG., Al liENS, ~;;A.
September 3, 19.57
FARM PRICE REPORT AS OF A!JGtT~'Ll.5, 19.21
GEORG!~t The All Commodity Index of Prices Received by Georgia farmers for the - - -- mo!lth .ended August 1!) we.s 249 percent of t.he January 1910 .. December . .
1914 average<> Tr..is tms .a decline of 5 points (2 percent) from the previous month
but is only 2 points below the level of August 1.5, 1956. Slightly lower prices received for tobacco, cotton, peanuts, beef cattle a.nd poultry products all con-
tributed ~o the ~ecline.
The All Crops component of the index declined 9 points during the month to 262, which is the lowest point reached during the year. Farmers were receiving lower prices for tobacco, cotton ar.d peanuts which more than offset higher prices being received for grains and potat oes.
Tne Livestock and Livestock Products index declined 2 points during the month after climbing steadily during the past 3 months. Lower prices for beef. pattle, chickens _and dairy products pushed ~e index do~m although slightly higher hog prices cushioned the drop.
UNITED STATES: The Inde~ of Prices Received by Farmers increased 1 point (4 tenth of a percent) during the month ended August 15, the Crop Reporting
Board announced today. Higher prices received for eggs, dairy products, and hogs were nearly offset by lower prices for noncitrus fruit and most vegetables. The
August Index at 248 percent of its 1910.14 average was 5 percent higher than a
year earlier.
The Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes,
and Farm Wage Rates remained unch~ged at 29.5 as of August 15. Prices of items used for family living and items used for far.m production both averaged the same
as in mid-July. The August Index was 3 percent higher than in August of last year
.
.
With farm product prices moving up only slightly during the month, and the Index
of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm
Wc.ge Rates unchanged, the Parity Ratio remained at 84, its July 15 level. The
August ratio was 2 percent higher than a year earlier.
Sunnnary Table for the United States
Indexes 1910 ... 14 .. 100
Aug~ 1.5, 19.56
July 1.5 19.57
--------..------- Aug~ 1.5, : Record high 1957 : Index z Date
Prices Received Parity Index '};./ Parity Ratio
236
g._/ 2G7
82
247
248
313 Feb. 1951
295
29.5
296 2./Apr. 19.57
84
84
123 Oct. 1946
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COMhODITY .AND UNIT
,/beat, Bu.
Com, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Irish Pot. ,Cwt. Sweet Pot. , C.vt.
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Average 1910-14
$ 1.23
$
91
$
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$ 1.13
$
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July 15,Aug.l5, I
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WTITED sr4!'~S
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1956 1. 92
195'1
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~957__ , 1909-14
1.86
1.911
88
1956
1 957
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1. 93 1. 91
1957 1 30
1.33
1.38
I 1.36j
.64
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1.45 1.23 1,23
.75
.74 ..aol .40
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.62o 1 .577
4.60
2.67
I 2.80
.70
2.48 . 1.56
1.80
6.05
5.30
S.!iO I
.88
3.51 5.30
3.87
Cotton, Lb.
12.1
33.5
33.8
I 33.6
12.4
31.1 32.29 32.83
Cottonseed, Ton $ 23.65
44.00
50.00 1 22.55
51.00
55.70
--,.-- Hay, All {baled)Ton $
24.20
24.40 23.601
20.10 17.60 18.00
Hogs, per Cwt.
$
7.36
Beef Cattle, Cwt. $ 3.96
16.00 12.30
19.40 14.10
19.6o 1 13.701
7.27 5.42
16.20 19.30
16.1o I 1a.4o
20.00 18.20
Milk Cows 1 Head $ Cbickens,All,lb.
33.85 13.3
110.00 19.0
115.00 115.00
20.4
19.9
48.00 11.4
155.00 1165.00 168.00
18.8 19.8
19.2
Eggs, toz.
21.4
47.0
40.7
41.5
21.5
36.9 32.1
36.3
Butterfat, Lb.
25.8
52.0
51.0
51.0
26.3
58.2 58.6
58.7
Milk (wholesale)
per 100# 1}
$
2.43
5.80
5.60
5.65
Soyb eans, Bu.
$
2.40
2.25
2.25
Peanuts, Lb.
5.2
11.2
10.7
10.5
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Aug.15, July 15, Aug. 15,
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All Commodities
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All Crops
273
Grain s and Hay
148
Cotton I,int
276
Pe.muts
216
Tobacco
366
Cottonseed and Soybe ans
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185
Irish Pot ntoe s & Sweet Potatoes
328
Fruits rmd Nuts
225
All Livestock and I .ive stock Products
206
Meat Animals
250
Poultry and Eggs
157
Dairy Pro d.uct s
232
254 249
271
262
149 150
279 276
206 202
404 370
209 208
271 281
143 138
222 . 220
302
298
155 154
225. 227
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J../ PRICES PAID BY FABM~S FOR SE:LrorED FEEDS AUGU8r 15, 1957 ';f!TH COMPARISONS
KIN_D. OF ~~==-!:~:15, ~~A11;, Aug. 15, r-~.u.: 15~I~:y~~E!ug. l-5-,-~- __)
1956
1957 . ; 1957 . .
1956
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Mixed Dnirz Feed
All Under '291~ Protein 16% Protein 18% Protein 20o/>Protein 24% Protein
3.95 3.90
4.10 4.10 4.25
3.90 3. 80
4.05 4. 05 1.30
3,90 3.85 .
<1.05
~1.05
11. 110
3.71 3,65
3 .66 3.89 4.04
3.73 3.68
3.67 3.89 3 .99
3.70
3.65 ' 3.64 3.87 :1.01
Eigh Prot~in Feeds
Cottonseed Me al Zoyb ean Meal Me at Scrap
3.55
4.15 4.50
3.45 3. 55 4.70
3.45
3.70 4,60
3.88
4.13 4.87
3.74
3.73 4.69
3.78
3.85 t1. 85
Gr ~in Bz-Products
3r an Middlings Co rn MeRJ.
3.30 3. 65 3.65
3.25 3.50 3.60
3.30 3.50 3.55
2.94 3.17 3.75
2.85 2. 94
3.38
2.80 2.91 3.39
Poultry Feed
3r oi l er Growing Mash Laying Mash Scxatch Grains 1-b y, BP-lcd, Alfalfa
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6.~
4,95 4,45
46.00
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5.00 4.75 4.30 50.00 34.00
5.00 4,85 4.35 47.00 34.00
5.10
4.87 4.91
4.57
1:.42 4. 43
4.19
4.05 4.03
30.90
28.80 29.00
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During the week :endi11g August 31, connneroial .natcheriel=! pl;aced 5,088,009 cf4pk~. .. ...
with the broiler .producers in Georgia ' commercial areas. This compares with the
5,272,000 placed th.e previous week and is 9 percent more than the 4,650,000 . .
placed the same :week last year.
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Eggs set by loc~i hatch~ries amounted to 6,430,000 compared with 6,45l,000 'fqr
the previous week and is 11 percent greater than the 5,"779,000 for the corre~-
ponding we~k last year.
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of 69 cents per dozen. Ave;r-age price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at $12.00 per hundred. These prices compare with 67 cents and ~~ 11.75 for the pr~vious week and 72 cents and $13 .25 one year ag6. Egg prices shown
relate: to Georgia pr~duced hatching egg~ whether bought on contract or otherwise.
Weighted ~:a"{erage prfc~s from the Federal-State. Market News Service for broilers . : ...
during thE3 week ending August :31 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/h - :...
3~ pounds, at farms 18.60; FOB plants 19.56.
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PERIOD JUNE 29 THROUGH AUGUS.T 31, 1957
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Total Placed
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Set . Placed in Georg~a of Chicks
on Farms
Ending
1956 : 1957
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1956, : . 1957 Thousands
1956 : 19$7 Thousands
1956 : 1957 ,.,'. '-). ...: . .~ Thousands
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June 29
6,534 7,042
h~481 5,048
804 733 5,285 ' 5, 781
July 6
6,152 6,803 . 4:,572 5,051
828 682 5,400 5-,733
July 13 ' 6;067 6, 970 : .. 4:,472 $,075
678 734 5,150 5,809
July 20
6,251 7,051
4,470 5,141
690 719 5,160 5,86o
July 27 . 6,075 6,927
4:,356 5,005
594 748 4,950 5,753
Aug. 3
6,152 6,843 ,. 4,218 5,035
.. 582 673 4,800 5,708
Aug. 10 . 6,227 6,139
4,167" 4,867
'483 . 541 4,650 . 5,408
Aug. 17
5,909
6,703
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4,093
4,723
607 : 488 4,700 5,211
Aug. 24 5,917 6,451
4,098 4,577-
7.02 . -~ 610.. 4,800 5,272 ...
Aug, 31
5;779 6,430
:4, l .Jrl ;" .. .- 4, 614.. : S,39 ..: - 474 4,650
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EGGS SET - THOUSfJNDS
Haina Con:i~
c!ticut '
1,234 1,207 945 939
Pen.>isy1vania
1,301 1,337
Indic.na
1,537 1,453
I1Unois
350 361
Hissouri
1~373 1,321
Delaware
1,945 2,072
Hary1n."ld
2,133- 2,200
Virginia
1,970 1,948
West Virginia
333 332
No1.-"i:.:. :r.~rolina South Caro:l..:!..na
2,539 . 460
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' 6.1703 6,451
1 417
408
1<.?bmn.a
2,430 2,382
Mississippi
1,736 1,708
Arkansas
2, 585 2 .~ 694
Louisiana
372 378
Texas
2,514 2,463
Wash:i_ngton
300 278
Orego~
204 214
Cal:iforn:ic.
1,157 1,396
1,074 875
.1,210 1,453
334 1,2?8 2,106 2,142 1,927
315 2,418
447 6,)Qo
415 2,369 1,695 2, 635
389 2,523
266 169 1,263
TarAt 1957
34,538 34,499 33,733
TOTAL 1956
31,801 30,808 30,644
1957 % of 1956
109 112
110
. . Jun<J : July 29 : 6
1,048 551 744
1,066 128 618
1,913 1,694 1,394
530 2,289
322 5,781
248 2,274 1,467 2,619
357 2,198
318 159 801
28,519
27,661
103
1,006 548 629
1,074 180 669
1,983 1:,714 1,426
486 2,295
367 5, 733
218 2,115 1,519 2,617
367 2,275
220 166 941
28,548
26,520
107
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Aug.
13
20 : 27 : . 3"
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CHICKS PLACED - 'lliOUS.hliDS '
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967 610 701 1,019 180 ?36 2,042 1,622 . 1,436 612 2,200 394 5, 8Q9 268 2,118 1,594 2,504 385 2,102 224 220 976
28,719
26,265 ;
109
1,023 619 756 958 167 637
1,827 1,688 1,326
593 2,125
393 5,860
2'21 2,157 1,584 2,490
385 2,009
292 163 1,004
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28,277
25,540
111
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1,042
993"
518 - 555
823 ' :700
983
976
200 .. 710
161 :'. -585
1, 784 . . 1, 749
1,595 1,444
1,257929..
1,380 . 544
2,117 2.,156~
320 - : 332
5, l
753
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5,708
176
199
2,062 _2,0i9
1,620 1, 387
2,527 2,463
342
394
2,009 1,874
289
225
161
168
986
867
27,888 26,879
24,618 24,642
113
109
Aug. : . 10
1,013 559 837
1,018 156 661
1, 753 1,396 1,309
564 2, 205
308 5:408
193 2,119 1,314 2,273
339 1,792
239 127 826
26,409
24,553 108
Aug. 17
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978 570 847 867 175 577
1,7~
1,446 1,324
575 1,978
320 5a211
211 2,175 1,346 2,044
308 1,888
252 162 916
25,950
24,380
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Aug. 31
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981 539 815 843 181 575 1,669 1,502 1,230 514 1,979 317 5,272 226 2,068 1,292 2,009 376 1,827 271 137 894
25,517
24,429
104
1,007 503 739 839 131 530
1,589 1,620 1,271
524 1,939
296 5z088
229 1,911 1,284 1,972
339 1,805
216 107 919
24,858
23,718
105
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Prospects on September 1 indicated a Georgia cotton crop of h45,000 bales (500
, pounds gross weight) according to information .rep-orted by crop correqpondents to --the<oe;orgia Crop .Repdrtirg S~ryice of the Uni~e_ci states Depar~lJlent of Agriculture.
= ThS :fg\lre is 23 'perc'ent below the i956 production of 579;000 ba1es and is 33
perqent less than the 10 year average (1946- 1955) of 679,000 bales. Indicated
.\ ~eld qf lint per acre .is 370 .pourids on. th~ 578,000 acres estmated for harv~st, 'alla;wii:'lg fqr _2.0 P.~rCeJ;J.t abandonment fom the 59.0,000 acres.. .in cultivation on
July: 1.
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Extr~mely hot, dry weather diiring August checked fruiting a~<;l, :cause.d the top crop
to .shed in the northern districts. The crop is opening prernatl.lrely in the dry
.areas .and prospects have declined in these sections during the past month. . :
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.:.o_r the_. c;rop 1-iad been ginned in southern districts prior ,t,o September :1.' . . . . . . ~ : ,
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s~asort~are more or less favorable , than usual.
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195'727,000 1956;;;41,000
1955-58,000
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1956-36' 000
1955-5~,qoo
1957 production indicated ~n ..
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1957 - l-t45' 000
19$6- . 5.79,000 1955 ... 701,ooo
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MACON
1957-79 , oo 1956-94,000 1955-98,000
COLUMBUS \
1957 78' 000 1956-109,000
1955130,000
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ALBANY
1957- 83,000 1956-108:,000
1955-113,000
1957-63,000 1956-?5,000 1955-87,000
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The b~qp Reparting Board of the Agricultural 1'1arketing Service .inB.k~s .the foll oWing
r ep'a;rt frc;m data furnished by crop correspondents, field statisticians, Bureau of
t he _Census, Connnodity Stabilization Service, and cooperating State agencies. 'fhe
final : outturn of cotton compared with this forecast will depend upon whether the
various influences affecting the crop during the remainder of the season are more
or less favorable than usual.
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: September 1 : Lint yield per : Production,_y'
: acreage 1/ : condition : harvested acre :50(}-lb. gr. wt. bales
State
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1946- :
55 av,:
1956::
1957::159546a-v.::
1956:n.n1d9?ic?.
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Pounds
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N. C : 1.4
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9'a.. : 2.0
Tenn.. :. 3.1
355 74 83 79 320 391 352 449 359 260 500 69 73 71 305 360 360 647 513 375
578 70 71 74 . 264 334 370 679 579 . .445 475 75 77 82 374 488 500 579 552 . 495
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740 69 67 73 296 370 405 891 750 625
Miss .. : 3.6 Ivlo ~ : 2.5
1,350 72 75 80 363 483 551 1,702 1,609 1,550
307 78 85 68 384 586 391 385 4t~8 . 250
Ark : 2.6
La. : 3.2 Okla. : 4.2 Texas , :"" 5.2
1,135
455 575 5, 925
73 73 80 360 68 78 70 357 62 46 75 170 70 67 81 208
500 543 1,444 1,426 1~285 496 464 606 581 440 175 263 374 261 . 315 280 328 3,742 3,615 4,050
N. Mex : 3.2
181 89 91+ 89 551 797 756 253 301 285
Ariz : 3.0 Calif : 1.9
350 92 96 92 718 1,108 1,138 620 829 830
716 92 96 96 683 924 989 1,"249 1,446 1,475
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v.s. : ' 3. 8 13,686 73 75 81 300 409 446 i3,669 13,310 12,713
A.mer~
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408 583 566 36.8 50.3 .955
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y Production ginned and to be ginned. A 500-lb. bale contains about 480 net
pounds of lint.
~~ Virginia, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, and Nevada.
~ Included in State and United States totals. Grown in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
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U S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: A RICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
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September 11, 1957
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS
purihg the week ending September 7, . comm~rcial hatcheries pla~ed 4,995,000 chi~ks
With the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the
$,088,000 placed the previous week and is 11 percent more than the 4,500,000
placed the same week last year.
Eggs set by iocal. hatch~ries amounted to 6,430~000 which is the same as the previous week and .is _12 percent greater than the 5, 746,000 for the corresponding week last year.
~atcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average
of 69 cent$ per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at $12.00 per hundred. These prices are identical tilth the previous week and compare with 72 cents and .~~13. 25 one year ago. Egg prices shotm relate
to Georgia produced. hatching .eggs whether bought- on contract or othenr.i,se.
Weighted average prices from the Federal~State Market News Service for broilers
during the week ending Septen~er 7 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4-
3! pounds, at fanns 17.51; FOB plants 18.50.
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GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS
PERIOD JULY 6 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 7, 1957
-D-at-e ~ ----.-. ----E-g-g-s---------C-h-icks Hatehed1/-ri_n_s_h_i-pm_e_n_t_s~~---T-o_t_a_l_P_l_a_c_e_d._--
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. ! 1956'!'ho-usa1n-9d-5s-7---.~-19-5T-6h-o-:u-s1a-9n-5d-7s -~--19-5T-6h-o-u:-sa-n-1d-9s5-7--
l 4,572 5,051
828 682 5,400 5, 733
~uly 13 July 20 July 27
6,067 6,970 6,251 7,051 6, 075 6,927
4,472 4,470 4,356
5,075 5 .141 5~005
678 734 5,150 5,809 690 719 5,160 5,860 594 748 4,950 5,753
Aug. 3 Aug. 10 A.ug. 17 1\ug. ' 24 Aug. 31 Sept. 7
6,152 6,227
5,909
5,917 .
5' 779 .
5, 746
6,843 6,739 6,703 6, h51 6,430 . 6,430
4,218 4,167 4,093 .
4,098 4,111 3,860
5 ,035
4 ,867 h'723 4,577 4 ,611+ .4 ,538
582 673 4,800 5,708 483 541 4, 650' 5,408 607 488 4,700 5,211
702 610 4, Boo. 5,272 539 47h 4,650 5,088 640 457 4,500 . 4,995
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CARL 0. DOESCHER
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EGGS >$ET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COI\fi'ERCIAL AREAS, BX 'h1E2KS - 1957
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1I EGGS SET THOUSlJIDS
July
6
l{eek Ending
July 13
July
20
July 27 .
. 11.ug.: .t\ ug. . ; f:..ug.:: Jlug. . : Aug.
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17 : 24
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CHICKS PU-tCED - THOUSJ:JIDS
Sept. 7
Ma:i,.ne . . C.ormecticut ~S?timq.yiv.ania
1 1,207 939 1,337
1,074 875
1,210
1,241 814
1,284
1,006 548
629
9b1 1,023 1,042
610
,619
518
101
756
82.3
993 1,013
555 559 100 8J7
978
981 1,007
. 939
570
527
503
598
847
815
739
773
..rndiana ...
1,453 1,453 1,413
1,074 1,019
958
983
976 1,018
867
843
839
866
):i1inois
p~asouri
361 334
320
1,321 1,278 1,313
180
180
167
200
161 156
175
181
131
189
669
736
637
710
585 661
577
575
530
421
pelaware
'Maryla~d
~~irginia
I ;.west Virginia : .
.North Carolina
2,072 2,200 1,948
332 .:2,678
2,106 2,142 1,927 -315 2,601
2,069 2,183 1,832
32:L 2,624
1,983 1,?14 1,426
486 2,364
2,042 1,622 1,436
612 2,312
1,827 1,688
1,326
593
2,217
1,784
1,595
1,279 592
2,250
1,749 1,444 1,380
541 2, 289
1,?53 1; 396 1,309
564 2,276
1;?80 1,446
1,324
575
2,104
1,669 1,502 1,230
514 2,102
1,589 1,620 1,271
524 2,067
1,754 1,420 1,252
495 2,087
South Carolina
460 447
473
377
417
404
320
332 308
320
317
296
277
~-~~ o_R~Gu~~------- ~t~6~,4~5~1--6~~,4~J~o_
f.loriga
408 ID-5
__6~4,1~04~30~~----~5~J7~2J1~8J--~5~,~2s~6o98~~5,8~6~2o2-1-~5~,~71~7563~--~5~,71~o9~9a--~s,~149~3o~B--~5~.2~l2l1~1~~5~2,226~7~2--I~ 2o~2s~98----4~,~9293~65~
Alabama. : :~'lissi~S:i:ppi
-Arkansas
:L9risicm~ .. Texas
Washingt~n ;oregon_ ~ Galifornia
2;382
1, 708 2,694
-:378 2,463
278 214 1,396
2,369
1,695 2,635
389 2,523
2.66 169 1,263 _
2,300
2,115 2,113 2,157 2,062 2, 019 2,119 2,175 2,068 1,911 2,053
lI 1,675
2,515 388
2 ~ 458
1~5:9 2,617
367 2,275
1,594
2,5o4
385
2,102
1,584
2,49o
385
2,009
1, 620 2,527
348 2,009
1, 307 2,463
394 1, 874
1,314 2,273
339 1, 792
1,346 2,o44
301 1,888
1,292 2,009
376 1,827
1,2Bh
!L,972
339
1,8o5
1,214 1,97e
416 1,874
255 1
220
22h
292
289
233 239 .
252
271
216
220
1,~166_99__1.__
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_.1;.6.9~64_1
220 ___:.9....;7_6_
_l..:.1o,_6o_34~---:.9..:..5.1;:6..15_
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168 _86_7;...__
127 _8_26__
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162 _'-91_6_
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_18_39_7.L~_
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101 _:'-_9_1_9_
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113 836
'.1:c~.~r: 1957
34,68o 33,916 33,616 1
28,627
-TC'l'LL_:: ~9,?6
3d,8o8 30,6LJ+ 30,914 1 _ 26,52o
I . 19-~7 ;(:Of 1956
llJ
lli
I ;109
108
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28,854 28,380 27,996 26,265 .. 25,540 24,618
27,020 26,4Bo 24,642 24,553
1l0
111
114
110 103
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26,o69 24, 380
107
25,62 8 24,429
105
2~, 9 8 6 23,718
105
25,oo6 22,279
112
AGRICUL.TURAL. EXTENSION SERVICE . . .
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE " . ' .
OF STATE DEPARTMENT. AGRICUL.T"'RI!
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Athens, Georgia
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UN IVERSITY OF GEORGIA
s . sEP 1{)'57 ..
1rR~NG: -~vnCJE .':_:
.. J. $..DE~ARTMEN~ OF AGRICUL.TUJ~~ .. . : . A(;RICUL.IfURA .L. MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENS10N BL.DG., ATHENS, Gi\', .September 11, 1957
GENEnAL : CROP REPORT FOR GEORGIA AS -OF -SEPTi:i1BER 1~ 1957
PECAN PROSPECTS DECLINE:- Hot, dry :weather during late August' cut back prospects fer deorgiats pecan crop and the estimate on September 1 -~ms for 17,000,000 poUnds
Conditions on August 1 indicated a crop of 20,000,000 pounds, but lack of mci_sture
along with hieh temperature-s brought- considerable shedding which reduced prospects .
by 15 percent during the month. The latest estimate plac es this year f s crop 72 .
perc ent .below. last year's crop of 60;000:,000. pounds 'and is slightly more than one~ .
half the 1946-55 average production of 32,91.J.6,ooo pounds.
SNALLER PEANUT CROP: 'l'he peanut crop ..in .Geo:i-gia, currently estimated at 540, 1 75, 000 pounds, is abouiS'percent smaller thal'l last year's crop of 568,980,000 pounds . . . Prospects on September 1 pointed to a sQeld of l,025 pounds an acre which will be the third highest of r ecord, being exceeded only by the 1956 yield of 1,090 pounds and in 1917 when l,Ol.d pounds an acre were harvested. Digging of the Spanish crop
is past peak and early Runner harvesting operations are underway.
EXCELLENT CORN ~ FORECAST: Georgi at s 1957 corn crop, currently estimated at
w,?5o,ooo bushels, will be the second largest of record, being exceeded only by
the 1955 crop of 67,080,000 bushels. The latest estimate is 1 percent above last
year 1s crop of 65,064,000 bushels despite _a 3 percent drop in acreage, This year's
near record .production is being achieved c.lthough farmers are expected to harvest
the sm.allest acre age sinc e records bBgan in 1866. The indicated per-acre yield of
25 bushels is a new r ecord high in the State , exceeding th~ previous high of 24
bushels, s et in 1955 and match last yoar; by 1 bushel.
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SMALLER _TOBACCO OROP: Georgials flue~curcd tobacco crop, estimated at . 81,900,00?'
pounds as of September 1, was J6 percent smaller than last year 1s crop of . . 128;040 ,000 pounds and the f?mallest since l9L~3 . A~though the crop was plagued by
unfavorable weather most of the grot-ling soaeon, yields turned out very-. good and
were better than early expectations. Reports from growers indicate a yield of
1,300 poun.ds per acre this YBar which \vi:).l b e the third high est of rocQrd, b eing
exceeded only by the 1955 and th e 1956 per-aero yielci.s of 1,465 and 1,_455 pounds;
respectively,
RECORD . ~-~~ IN AUGUST: HGns on Georgia farins laid 108 million eggs during
August, the Ge orgia Crop Reporting Service. said today. This is a r ecord high for
egg production in August and is i2 percent above tne previous August high at 96
~llion eggs produced in 1956.
iif:j:LK PRODUCTION BELOtrJ IJ1.ST YEAR~ Hilk production in Ge orgia during August .is
estimated at 100-miiiion-pounds, a drop of 2 million pounds fron1 thc .August 1956
production. The decline in rililk production .:from l~st yef'.l' .i s due primarily to a
decrease in milk cows on fann s. Milk production pe:r cow in herd averaged 335
pounds during August, th e S0COnd "highost en r ecord, bGing surpass ed only by the
--- ~ pounds for August 1956.
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GEORGIA
:ACREAGE : YIELD PER ACRE
TOTAL PRODUCTION (IN THOUS.1
. CROP
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(ooo};Avorage.: 1957 :194~55:
1956
Indio.: A-vqragu : 1957 194~55
'Jorn, , 'bu.: 2630
16.2 : 24,0 25.0 : 48,9!78:
1956 ; Indic . 1957 ..
65, 064: 65,750
,fueat bu. : 102
15.6 : 21.0 17.0 :
Jats. bu. : 411 . : . 27.l : 33.0 ': 28.0 :
nay (~11) ton: 691 : 65: 89: ~ 88 :
?obacco(all). lb: 64.1 :1196 :1452 :1301
2,091 : . 2,436: . _l .,i34 . 11.~683": " 14, _289 :. . 11,508
706 ..L . . .616 .: .. ' . 605 121,920 129,371 83,385
?otatoes,Irish, Cwt: Potatoes,Sweot, Cwt: ~otton, bales:
?eanuts(for picking: ~~ threshing) lb: buybeans ~ bu: Peaches, tct.crop; bu: Pears, tot, crop,bu:
4.8 46.2 45.8 47.5
13
41
46
47
578
264
. 334
370
527 : 803 :1090 :1025
96
10.1 12.5 13.0
333 1,264
679
586,552
305 2, 776
196
229
228
736
611
579
445
568,980 5L~O,l75
1,038 1,248
1,600 : 2,100
80
86
Pecans ,. .lb:
32,946 60,000 : 17,000
Pasture , Condition%:
73
69
70
ARCHIE LANGLEY \gricultural Statistician In Charge
CARL 0, DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician
- _____ . _.,______ UNITED STATES - GENERAL CRO_.P._R..E....P.. OHT AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 19.S7
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Further gains in t otal crop p.ro.sr:Jc,ts during August are. help:i,ng make 1957 prod-
u.Jtion the third largest of reqord. Feed. q:i:-ops ' are goo:d over much of the Nation
~utside of an eastern drought belt which wldened during the month. Crops with
:mportant August pros.pect gains include cotton, sorghum grain, corn and sbybeq.ns ~dvancing harvest also supports sizeable to relatively small increases in "estimates .:'or spring wheat, rice, hay, peanuts~ tobacco, dry pea.s, sugar cane and sugar beets
Corn: Improved in yield prospects in several important arens in August despite - - need for more warm weather t o produc e dry c:ovn in mnny "late planted Corn Belt fields. Although the 3. 2 billion buahel crop ranks s eventh in .size, it. is excooded to a largo extent only by 195"6. .and 19h8.
Soybeans now promise a 459 million bushel re<:ord crop af t er f .avorable development in most"leadine producing States . Yield averages are not up to last yefl.I' r s and thi3 lateness of the crop may prolonr: harvest more than usual. Nost late plantings, h6~-Jever ' have good chanc e of r uaching maturity.
Peanuts: Production of peq.nuts for picking and threshing is vstimatcd at 1,594 million pounds _, up sligbtly frOIIl August 1 prospects. At this lavel, 1957
production is only one-half percent below 1956, and about 9 percent below the 10-
year average production of ' I, 760 million pounds.
Pecans: Production is for ~cast at 121,850,000 pounds, . an increase of 2 percent over the August 1 forecast, but 30 percent less than the 1956 crop and 12
porc ont b elow th e averag e production.
PEANUTS PICKED AND THRESHED
- ~ - - - - - : - - - - :-Yici~CPer- A-cre - - - - : - ~ - - - -Prod"uC'tioil - - - -: -~ :-
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-
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-
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1;
-
5~-
-
-:-rnf~5atecl;
- - - - 1- -
1;e
- Jj.
~~~-;-
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~956
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rn~~~~ted
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P. o u n d s - -
T h. 0 us and Pounds
Va.
1,572
2,080
1,950 209,616 245,41+0
204,75"0
N.C.
1,230
1, 750
1,5.50 ~7.6,616 346;500
274,350
Tenn.
s.c.
778
850
716
1~05"0
8.5b : 2:;840
900
11,898
. 2~550 12,600
2,550 9,900
~\ .
803
1 ,090
1,025 : ",286.5.52 568,980
5~0;,_175 .
Fla.
"81h
1,07~
l,loo58,17G. . 6o;2oo
o,5oo
Ala.
790
1,010
900 : 245 :, 578 .. , . 216:,lh0
190,800
Miss.
372
400
400 ": 3,449
2,400
2,400
Ark.
382
400
42.5: 2,617
2,000
1,700
Okla.
602
725
790 : 110,294 .50,7.50
87,hOO
Texas
.500
sao
675. : 244,274 87' 500
21.2' 625
-N.-H-ex-. ---------- 1,0)~8 - --~,-20-0 --- ---- 1,200 : ----- 7,477 -----7,200 ------- 7,200
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-
-
-
-
-
-
. 818
----
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---1,-1-5-7-
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--
---
- -- l,Oj8
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- - - - - - :1,760,097
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- - - - - 1,602,260
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-
----1-,5-94--,3.--50--
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ihi
-PECANS v nrieti es :: 'Productj_on---
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-- A-v er-a-e--i9-h-b--"->T-5h---o-.4u=--s---a.--n--d1-9-)6--P-~o--u- -n--:cl--s--I
n..ct-fc-at-;-d_-.1-95-7--:--
N.c.
~,981
2,6oo
~-
1,200
s.c.
3,146
8,600
2,500
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GA.
FIE:
~2,9~6
4,89s-
60&000 4,ooo
17&900 3,3oo
Ala. .
: ..
. 14, 8.56
30; 500
8, 000
Miss.
8,26o
12,100
5,500
Ark.-
.. h, 754
3, 800
6,100
La.
14,875
lh,ooo
l).J.,ooo
Okla.
19, 910
7., 100
23,000
Texas
:
3:t,.~ J.hO _
27,_500
. _
37,500
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u.s .;.; ____ _;, __ _. _12 ..\. .29__ .. __ :_..;. __l13..\.7QO_ _____ :..12_~,_ , _Q ___ _
V1 Short-time average . .
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: . ' UNIVERSITY OF GEOR~IA A'ND THE '.
: STATE DEPART-MltNT OF AGRICULTURE
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ACREAGE AND INDICATED PRODUCTION Septen~ber 1, 1957 .
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tJNITED STATESt Production of fall vegetables in 1957 will be smaller than :;t.n:,f~56
' but about equal to average production, the Crop Repor.t~ ..B.v~d. ::
.announced today. Estimates prepared as of September" 1; whi"ch account for abo'llt..
'" thr~~7fo~t.hs _of the production in the fall s e as.on~ -- indicate that -total produc-:f,~on
. "t-:?:.11 be. 9 percent under 1956. Cabbage, .with a sharp reduction. in acreage_'.as : we}:3:
as poorer yield prospects, accounts for the majority of the reduction froili).:ast
year. A sizeable decline in carrot production and smaller decreases i~ ceie:r;Y') '
cauliflower and spinach. are expected. Partially offsetting these decline's _ w,~~~ ...
indicated increases in production of several fall crops. Early Fall lettuce'" _sllo~;s
Is the largest gain becatise-:-of a sizeable acreage increase. The productiO.n. o.f" . .
tomatoes'
cucumbers
and
snap beans
is
also
expected .
t 0
exceed last
f.al.l
leyel!3. ... ::.
LD1A BEANS: The. final forecast of summer lima beans indicate~ a crop of : i~i;,~qbt
cwt., 22 percent under last year's production and 42 percent be1o;w
average. Harvest in New York is expected :t;o continue through September. Hary.est.
in New Jersey has peaked and suppL-i..es are diminishing. Rains improved the c.on-;-., :.
dition of late fields in Haryland but only. a small volume is now moving to~ maf.k~t.
Harvest of a larger than average crop is almost completed in North Caro;I.ina,. Pro7,
longed hot, .dry weather has practically ended harvest fn Georgia.
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SNAP BEANS= The forecast of sUmmer snap beans;. at l,J.89,000 _cwt., ;is slighy:J;:f ,,; , .
below last year Is produ.Ction and 8 percent below average. High,r : : -
~elds th<3:I1 ~ndicate d, .a . m9~~h ago . in New .England and J..ong Island ,.were m9r,.e ,.than;:<,
oi'rs et .by lo~:er yieids in Pennsylvania, Ohio, -Ivti.ch;i.gru:I, Georgia and. Alab ama,. :_. :-Ir'l ---
New England, a nioderae' vo1\ime is ex.Pec.ted to continue to be marketed throUgh.th8,
first half of September unless frost terminntes the s eason earlier. : on :.J.,ong;. ... :..:'-.-.
Island, movement is declin:Lng but limited supplies will.continuc to ,b e avaiHibl~ _-:
until late Octoper. In _\lpstate New York, quality has been generally good. Har~ :.
vest is past its peak and volume will decline during September. In Pennsyivama.:
prospects .continue good in northwestern s ections but hot, dry tve ather in s ol,lth~. ; , . eastern and .central areas has cut yields of the . l ate acreage there. ; ;.Dry we ~yh, ~r' (
in Ohio has also reduc ed. prospects for late plantings. In Illinois; volume mqye ,
ment is expected to continue through September tvith -diminishing supplies avh:fl...; .' :
able during October. Harvest is active in .1'-:Iichigan where dry weathGr duri~ef . .<
August reduced yield prospects. Volume supplie s will be available throug!1 "S ept:.:;~:; .
ember. In ,the mountain arep.s of Virginia harvest is about oy~;r: ... Harvest 'i;'s rieai4
ing completion in north "Georg"ia. , Dr'y .weiatner .r educed the ~ e~ds .?::n late . .fi ~~rA:~-~-- :.
and sh0rteriecl the harvest season Vol'lll'no movement of a good crop in Tenne ~~~~-- -'~. .< :
and North Carolina is expected to continue through most of Septemb e)\' with .Mgh.t<: .:_:.
supplies available until frost ~ . Harvest is pas:t the .peak in northE;Jrn Alab.cima -::
wlicre dry weather. has r edub ed yields. In Oolorado, yield and quality has b-een ;_....
very good. Dim:i,.nishing :supplie ~ wiiJ;. conti.nu~ available until early October:. . ... .
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'oelow CABBAGE: Late 'summer cabbage p~pdu~tl.~ i~ . fqrecas~. ~t !3,609.,0.00 c~., 6.ipe~&nt>
- .. ..
. -l ess than last ~ye ars: cr,irouuction: ;and :"'ll ' pei:""d~nt
average:~ . .Yield ,-;
prospe.cts in Pennsylvania oonti:nuod-.-te decl'rte in,Augus't: b ecause of. insu;fticO..ont :::~
rainfall. In Indiana, "dry ~e ather :was aetrimentai' -eo fr esh market . cabbage . .Kra.ut"
cabbage prospects are good, reflecting a variation in growing .conditions. Harvest of cabbage continuEJ s aroimd Chicago in Illinois. Ip .Iowa, harvest has beon: .cOlJl"".. .. pleted onmost of the summer acreage. In western North Carolina, harvest 'of"..cab;..
bage is active. Growers ther e report we ather has been favorable and thnt yields arc excellent. Some cabbage is available in north Georgia. In Colorado, cabbage has mnde excellent progress after a late start due to a cool, wet spring. Harvest
i s active and volume shipments will be available during September. Growing con
ditions in Washington have been favorable. Harvest for both fr esh market and kraut ~s active there. In California, cabbage is in ample supply for local market needs.
CUCUMBERS: Production of qarlx ~cucumbers is forecast at 507,000 cwt., 17 percent more than last yearts production and 34 percent abovo aver age .
There was a siz eable increase over l ast yoar in Virginia's acreage, but changes in oth ur States wer e small. A f ew early cucumbers moved from Virginia in late August, but it will be the week of September 9 before volume can b e expected. The crop in South Carolina is r eported to b e only in fair condition and suffering fran the lack of moisture . E ar~ plantings in Louisiana germinat ed well and tile crop is
in good condition. However, later plantings are not in as good condition because lack of moisture affected stands. A light volume will be harvested in Louisiana in midSept amber but volume is not expected before October 1. Supplies from California continue to be omple for tm local market,
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' ':, ''"AOREAGE:AND~ ThTDICATED P,RODUCTION REPORTED l'O .DAT$,'..19$7 WITH cOMPARIBO~S
CROP - ' :.:.
ACRfAGE .~ -.. nELD PER ACRE ' PRODUCTION .-..
.~sTA1iE~ .-~~49.~~5 . 1~56 ~7 4~:55 1956 ~~~ . t;4~~~5 195~..-._.-:-:!~7
~IM!l
B-E.:A: ..NS,
sunn1'ler:
New York
New Jersey
' " . - Acres
-
cwt. . 1: - 1, 000 .Cwt. -. ~ ~~.
1
1, 800 650 500 . 42 45 411
76 29
20
2,100 1,500 1,400 32 35 2~
65 52
38
Ohio NBl'y.lan.d .
720 180 --. 1,170 1, ooo 1, ooo :
37 26
31 26
. -2-~
27 6
--
31 . 26. ... .::.:2o
North CBl'olina 1, 460 1,500 1,500\ 21 26 26j 31 39
39
Georgia
5:..890 4i900 4,300
18 20;-.....;;l-it81-~~1G~5,__~9~8-.,..:_ . -,o_::o:7*T7._
Group total
13;130 9, 730 8,_ 700L__,~>~_:2_6_._2-t21-......3o.:;.3.._?_2_..?.,..o_;:-:""".'-1..;.9._.._4
SNAP BEANS;
S'WTimer: .
,
New Hampshire 290 250 ' 250 33 40 45
10 10 ' il
l'Iassachusetts Rhode I sland
1,370 1,200 1,300 270 200 200
34 35
40 40
35
J-0
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47
9
48 8
46 ... 6
Ponnecticut
1,120 950 1,000
tiew York; :1. I 1, 870 1, 300 1, 200
New York
12,100 11,600 11,100
34 J8 32
42 40 45
42 38 43
3'8 36 .... .32
79 52
54
50$ 441. _477
Pelll'lsyivania. Ohio ,.
;nrr.ino:ts
3,170 2,300 2,200
3-, 310 3, 300 3, 600
, 1, 290 1, 200 1;2oo
.h2 50 38 40 40 39 27 30 25
133 115
84
131 132
140
34 36 .'
)o
Michigan
. 2,530 2,500 2,500
Virginia , ' .' :660 650 700
30 33 28
29 39 35
76 82.
70
19 25.
.24
North Carolina 7,630 8,200 7,800 31 33 35
238 271 ' 273
Georgia
.2,170 1,600 1;400 2'8 26 27
61 42
38
+ennessee
1,760 1,100 1,200 35 38 40
62 42
48
Alabama
. . 1,300 1~200 1,200 21 .. . .22 18
28 26 . .. .. .: -22
Colorado; . Group :total
- uos 840 750 700.
41,6B03B,300 37,55ol
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3464
-4!5!3~7-.~43~871 ~.
. 37 34
1,4oo
34 i;389
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Late Summ:er:
Pennsylvania
4,310 .. '4;130 4,000 180 . 187 i5.5
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620
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Georgia Golorado
Nel-rMexico
2:,210'" 1,900 1,900- 124 201 '),.85
271 382
352
2,720 . 2,600 2,600 178 180 160
483 468
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1,020 700 900 147 . 140 145 4,270 4',200 4,000 143 140 160
152 . 98. ,. 130 610 588 . . . - ~4Q
760 100 6oo
1 ioo 100 _ ~ _ 69 _ _ 10 _ _ 6o
3,406 -2,96o - 2: 6oo~ - -:-240 ~ 237 25o
824 688
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1,660 1,170 1,200 166' -231 215
272 2.70
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California
2,410 2 100 2_,_100 . 230 . 230 230
556 483 . 483
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South Carolina G-eorgia
850 . 650 . 100 . . 6!m- : : 71 67 5)0* .45Q .. . 4oo: -.' . , . 25{~> . 30 : : 34
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910* 6oo 700 42* 44 45
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chicks with th~ broiler. prod-ucers in Georg:i;a >COmmero.*l ~r~ae~ This com~ar~s
with th~ 4, 995j 000 placed ~ the pz.:evi"ous ...week ;$d is 1~2 ' P.~rcent more ~han thE'L .,
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reported at !~12-.00 per hundred., These .prices ~re:. identical with the previous .
week and compare with 72 cimta ~.and -$13o25. one yea:r "agon Egg prices shown
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1956 : 1957
Total Placed , on Farms
1956 : 1957
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July 13 : : 6,067 ..' 6,910
678 734 . 5,150 5,809
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6,251 7,051
6,07$ ' . (:>,921
690 719 594. . 748 :
5,160 . 5,860
4,950 5,753
Aug. 3 6,152 6,843
582 . b13
4.;800.. ' 5,708
Aug,. 10 .. 6,227 6,739
483 - "541 . 4,65o 5,4o8
Aug. 17 5,909
Aug. 24 5,917'
Aug. 31 5, 779.
6,103
6,451
6,430
607 488
4, 700 t-;5,211
702 i 610 ' u,8oo s;212
539 . 47.4 ' . .4:65o . 5,-o8B:-
Se];t. 7 5,7l.P 6,430
640" . 457
4,5oo . 4,995
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Maine
'1,074
1,241 1,110
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Conneoti~ut
875
814
837
Pennsylvania ' 1,210 I.
1,284 1,348
Indiana
1453
1,413 1,379
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Missouri
D~laware
I 334 JI . l,Z78
2,106
320 1,313 2,069
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1D222
2D008
Maryland
1 2,142
Virginia
; l$192?
West Virginia j 3!'5
2,183
1"8 32 321
2"144 1,853
305
B"Orth Carolina j. 2,601 - 2,624 2,6!?9
.Scuth Carolina! 447
473
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GEORGIA I ~.l~orida Al~bama . Mississippi .Arkerisas Louisiana
' 5,430
i 415
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1.,695 ! 2,635
389
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1~675
2 0 575 388
6~386
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2,444 ' 1.767 2,623
397
Texas Warmington Oregon
2,523 I 266 i 169
2.458 . 255 169
2,461 243 180
California
1~263
1!>069 1 ~ 38.3
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33,916
TOTAL 1956
1957 %of 1956 :
30;914 30,555
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CHICKS PLACED THOUSANDS
967 610 701 :
1~019 '
.~ 180 736
~ 2~042 . 1.622
1g43Ef 612
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5,809:
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2.118 1.594
2:~504
385 2,102
224 220
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26,265
110
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1.042
619 :
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756
823
958 .
983
167 - '200
63? . .. ' 710
:..1~827- . 1, 784
.1,688 .: 1,595
'1.326 ..'' . 1.,.2-rn.
593
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. . 993 . 1~01.3 . 9'78
981,.
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521
700 . 837 .847
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843
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585 : :... 661 .'57.7
575
1~ 749 1~753 1,780 1,,669
1,444 1.396 1,446 1~502
J..-#380 ~_. ! ,.,309 . 1,324 .. 1~230
54.4 , ~ 575
514
"2,217 404
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332 5_, 708
199
2,276 : 2,1~
3C6 320 5,408 5.211 .
t93 211
21) 102 317
5::o272
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2,157
1~584
2:,.490 385
2,009
292 163
1.004 28,38~ _::-
2,062 1,620 . 2,527
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2.,009 289 161 955
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2,019 ... 2,11~r . 2,175
1,387 i 0 3l4 1.346
2,463 2,273 2,044
2,068 1292 2p009
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376
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1,271 524
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1.,754 1 .. 4 2 0 10 252
495
2D087 277
4~995
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1.772
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1c218 516
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5,,013
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1.911 1g284
1~972
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1"9 78
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216 107
1,874
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1.835 218 118
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICU!..TURAL MARKETING SERVICE , 319 EXTENSION SLOG., ATHENS, GA.
September 23, 1957
GEORGIA CASH FAR11 INCONE SETS. ALL TD1E . RECORD IN 1956
Cash income (including government payment.s) of Georgia farmers set a new high .
record of ~692,617,000 in 19.56 This was ~i~20 ,025,;000 increase over tl1e previous
record in 1955 of $ 671,592,000. Income from crops rose l percent from 19.55 tvhile
livestock returns advanced 5 perc ent. Co~~mercial broiler income exceeded c otton
ancl cotton seed for the first time. Cash rec eipts from broil.ers a'Jlounted to
nno $129, 836,000 compared with ~pl05, 187, 000 for c ott. on
cotton seed. Tobacco ranked
third with $6h,635, 000, The rank of othe1 l eading cormncdities wer"' as foll ows:
Forest products, peanuts, dairy prod ucts, hogs, eggs, and . cattle nnd calves.
Income from all crops amounted to :~366,;384,000 and .52. 9 percent o:f thd t.:-tal cash income, livestock and livestock products acc ounted for ~317, 845 , 000 and 4.5 .9 per' c.en~, and government pajments totaled ~~'8,388,000 and l.2 .percent.
Pe.rcentage contributions to cash farm income by cormnodities are as fo l lot-IS:
, Commercial broilers 18. 8%; cotton and . cottonseed 1.5. 2%; tobacco 9.3%; :forest
products 8.6%; peanuts 8.5%; dairy products T. O% ; hogs 6.8%; eggs 6 .1%; cattle and
alves 5.9%.
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101,630 144,498 154,321 125,005 112,941 124,112
1956?} 95,518
Cotton Seed
14;on 22,135 17,996 14,153 12,935 11, 319 9,669
Cotton, Total 115,722 166,633 172,317 139,158 125,876 135, 431 105,187
Peanut s
69,277 56,295 42,513 55,397 29,119 51 ,673 58, 967
Tobacco
50,669 64,760 62,924 . 69,407 58,769 ... 72, 3~6 64,635
Fr uits & Pecans 15,723 19 ~ 358 19,86.5 18,855 17,341 4,017 16,968
Truck Crops ~~
15,774 16,638 16,726 17,128 10,663 11, 325 12,480
Corn
7,789 8,929 8,765 9,160 8,390 1L~,524 20,005
Forest Products '' 36,619 39,380 36, .382 34,634 31,854 43,163 59 .802
All Other Crops 31,155 23;641 35,650 },J.0,724 30,590 22 , 760 28,340
TOTAL CROPS
342,728 3.95,634 395,142 384,463 312,602 . 361,219 366,384
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Hogs Cattle & Calves Dairy Products Com. Broilers Other Chickens Turke ys
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Other
43,896 32,441 36,836 45,433 4,216 1,964 19,108 1,528
53,055 34,.723 39,390 68,530 4,280 4,172 29,280 2,598
50,190 29,681 41,610 88,610 4,537 3,496 29,187 2,207
54,776 24,169 43,349 93,826 4,912
2,363 37,469 2,224
59,570 41,879 46,888 28,276 40,795 40,937 42,717 45,291 48,813 101,951 125,700 129,836 3,998 ).j.,l71 4,536 2,502 1,912 1,845 33,152 ).j.0,891 42,115 1,728 1, 362 2,875
TOTAL LIVESTOCK
& PRODUCTS
185,422 236,028 249 ,5ll:l 263,088 273,894 302,001 317,845
OOVERNHENT PAYMENTS
10,500 8,634 7,589 4, 719 6,640 8,372 8,388
fOTAL CASH INCO~lli
ALL SOURCES
538,730 640,296 652,249 652,270
HOHE CO!i,SUMPTION '
-593,136 671,592 692,617
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35,791 36,606 36,921 . 52,624 36,844 35,554 37,535
Livestock
65,390 78,761 71+, 236 75,613 60,085 53,229 52,774
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Crops
378,519 432,240 432,063 h37,087 349,446 396,773 L~03, 919
Liv-estock
250,812 314,789 323,754 338,701 333,979 355,230 370,619
~-11 Commodities 629,331 747,029 755,817 775,788 . 683,425 752 , 003 774,538
TO'I'AL INCOME, ALL COHMODITIES, ~ GOV.PATI-lliNTS 639,911 755,663 763,406 780,507
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BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA coM}maciAL AREAS
During the week. end~g Septe~er ~1, commercial hatche~ies placed ..4,832,000
chicks with the broiler produ~.er~ i.n Georgia commerciaJ, ::areas. Th~.s .compares .with the _5,013,000 placed: the previoua week and is 6 percent more than the 4,550,000 placed ~he same week: last year.
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,293,000 compared with 6,386,000 .the
previou13 week and is 5 percent gre_ater than the 6,001,000 for the corresponding
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of 70 cents per doze~. Avera:ge price charged by hatch~r;i.es for the chicks was ..
reporte~ at $12.00 per hundred . These prices qompare With 69 cents and $12 .00
last week and 72 cents and : $13. 25 one year ago~ Egg prices shown relate ;to Georgi_a
. . producep hatching eggs whether bought on contract or : otherwise.
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1~eight~ct average pripes from the Federal-State Market News Service for br~ilers .
during ~he week ending September 14 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 ~
3 l/2 :pounds, at far~s 17.42; FOB plants 18.42.
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5,141 690 719 5,160 5,860 ;
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Aug. 17 : Aug. 24; Aug. 31; Sept. 7:
6,075 6,152
6,2~7
5,909 5,917 5,779 5,746
6;927 6;843 6;739
6~703 6~451
6;430 . 6~430
4,356 .
4,218
4,167
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4,723
4~577
4,614 4,538
59.4 582
483 607
70? 539 . . 64b
748 . 4,950 . 5,.753 .
673 .'. _:4,.800
541 488
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610 4,800
5,~72
. 474 4, 650 . 5,088-
457 4,500 4,995
Sept.l4; 5,9~3 . 6~386
3,831
4,493 653 520 4,490 ' 5,013
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3,904 . 4,346 646 sh~pped . into:,states .outside of
486 4,550 Georgia .
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lC'.aoinnn8ecticut 11.~8~114 .
Pennsylvania 1,284.
Indiana
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Illinois
320
M:l.ssouri
1,313
.Delaware
2;069
M~land
2;183
Virginia
1,832
V.!. Virginia
321
N.Carolina 2,624 .
1 S.Carolina
GEORGIA
473 6,430
Florida . ..Alabama I Mississippi
Arkansas. Louisiana
-Texas Washington Oregon
Cali.fornia
I 410 2;300
~ 1,675
2,515 ;
388
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255
169 1,069
TOTAL 1957 . . 33,616 .
~OTAL . l9,56 30,914
1957% 1956
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1,3.48 ' 1,379
337 1:,222 2,008 2,144
1,85J
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2,69~
404 6,386
402 2,444 1,767 2,623
397 2,461
243 180 1,383
33,932
30,555
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1,159 1,346
. 295
1,149 . . 1,929 2,047
1,779 . 267 .
2,6~
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377 2,404 1, 772
2,487
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2,572 : 275 199
1,359
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CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
..
1,023 / 1,042 993 1,013 978 981 1,007
939
881
777
619 . 518 555 559 570 527 503
598
554
494
756
823 .700 . 837 . 847: . 815 739
773
666
587
958
983 976 1,018 867 843 839
866
775
762
167
200 161 156 175 181 131
189
187
113
. 637
710 585 661 . 577 .575 "' 530 .421 . 416
411
1:,827 1,784 1,749. 1;153. 1,780 . 1,669 .. 1,589 1;754 1,772 1,846
1,688 1,326
1,595
1,279
1,444 1,380
1,396 1,309
11;'342464
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.1;502 :1,230
: 1,620 1,271
1,420 1,252
1,543 1,218
1,471 1,185
593
592 544 564 575 514 524
495
516
470
2,217 2,250 2;289 2,276 2,104 2,102' 2,067 2,087 2,o63 1,977
404
320 332 308 320 317 296
277
302 "350
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5,860 "221
5,153 . 5,708 5,408 5,211 5,272 5,088
176 199 193 2ll . 226 229
4,995 5,013 236 . 206
4,832 255
2,157 2,062 2,019 2,119 2,.175 2,068 1,911 2,053 1,921 1,884
1,584 1,620 . 1,387 1,314 1,346 1,292 1,284 1;214 1,283 1,258
2,490 2,527 2,463 2,273 2,044 2,009 1,972 1,978 2,062 2,019
385
348 394 339 301 376 339
416 . 379
402
2,009 2,009 1,874 1,792 1,888 1,827 : 1,805 1,874 1,835 1,877
292
289. 233 239 252 271 216
220
218
178
163
161: . 168 127 162 137 107
113
118
120
1,004
955 867 . . 826 916 . 894 . 919 . . 836 . 945
932
28,380 27,996 27,020 . 26,480 26,069 25,628 24,986 25,oo6 24,873 24,200
?5,540 24,618 24,642 24,553 24,389 . 24,429 23,718 22,279 21,932 22,013
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114 110 108 I 107 105 105
112 -ll3
110
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL.TURE
Athens, Georgia
,U.S . DEPARTMENT 0
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA coMMERCIAL AREAS
During the week ending September 28,- commercial hatcheries placed 4,876,000
chicks with the broiler pzoducers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares . with the 4,832,000. placed the previous week and is 6 percent more than the 4,6oo,ooo placed the same week last year.
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted -to 6;.497,000 compared with 6,293,000 the previous week and is 9 percent greater than the 5~941~000 for the corresponding
week last yearo
Hatcheries reported prices paid !or hatohing eggs during the .week at an average
of 70 cents per dozeno Average price charged by hatcheries for the chioks was reported at $12~00 per hundred. These pr~es are the same as for last week and compare with 72 cents and $13 ~ 25 one year agoo Egg prices shown relate to Geor,gia
produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise?
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers
during the week ending September 28 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4
- 3' ~pounds, at farms 16o39; FOB plants 17o37~ .
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(See reverse side .for other states)
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY 1NEEKS PERIOD JULY 27 THROUGH 'SEP!EMBER 28, 1957
Date 1tJ'eek Ending
Eggs
Chicks Hatched l/ 1 Inshipments
Set
Placed in Georgia i of Chicks
1956 :
1957 .
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1956 : 1957 . 11956 : 1957
Total Placed on Farms .
1956 : 1957 -~
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July 27
Augo 3
Aug. 10
Thousands i
Thousands l Thousands
Thousands
6,075 6,152
6,227
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6,927 I 4,356:
6,843 4,218.
6,?39 4,167
I.
5,oo5 . . 5i'035
4,867
I
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594 ' 582 483
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74'8 .4,950 . 673 . 4,800
541 .4,650
5,153
5,708 $)408
Aug. 17 5,909 6,703 4,093 . 4,723 607 I -488 4,700 5$211
l Aug. 21~
Aug. 31
5,917 5,779
Sept. 7 I 5,71:1>
Sept 14 1I 5,923
6,451
6,430 6,,430
:
I
6,386
4J098
.4,111
3
.
1
860
13
4,577 702
4,614 539 4,538 640 4,493 65'3
'610 4,800 5,272 .
474 4,650 5J088 457 4,500 4,995
520 4,490. 5, 013
Sept. 21 6,001 6,293
4,346 646 ' .-486 4,550' 4, 8,32
Sept. 28 5,941 6,4.97
4,390 573
486 4,600 4,876
-1/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped in~o States outside of Georgi<h
W. A. trfAGNER
. ' : . ' AR8HIE LANGLEY .
Agricultural Statisticien
Agricultura+ Statistician, In Charge
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Week En~ing
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Sept. 21
Sept. 28
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July
27
Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. : Aug.
3
10
17
24
31
CH,_.I-C_K_S_P_LA__CE_D___T_~-:<O_U_S_AND_S_ __
Sept!> 1
Sept. Sept. 14 : 21
Septo 28
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1:-a j_n<;)
1;110
1,2ZO
1,166 .
1,042 993
1,013 . 978
981 ..1,007
939
881
777
903
Connecticut
837
779
817
518 : 555
559
570
52 7
. 503
598
554
494
508
Pennsylvania 1,348
1,159
1,3..24
623 100
S~? : 8:47
815
"/~9
713
666
587
634
Indiana
1~3~9
lg346
1.221
983 976
1,018
867
843
839
866
775
762
723
Illinois
. 3a7
295 .
311
200 161
156
175
181
131
189
187
113
100
. Missouri
1.. 222
1,149
1,114
710 585
661
577,. . . 5.75 ... . 5ro
421
416
411
458
Delaware Maryland
2~008
2,144
1#929 2.047
13869 2,116
1,:~784 : 1,749 1,595 1,444
1 11 753 1~ ?eo: .1~6?9
13396 1g446 1t 502'
1589
1~620
1~ 754 1,420
1~ 772
1;~543
1,846 1,471
1, 700 1 .. 631
Virginia
11 853
1, 779
1,526
1,279 11)380
1.309 1. 324 1,230
1~271 1,252 1,218 1,185
1,176
W. Virginia
.305
26'7
233 .
592 544
.564
575
514
524
495
516
470
433
N. Carolina . S ., Carolina
2.699 4d4
2 11 678 476
2 ~ eo1 1
. 447 i
2,250 2,289 320 332
2,,276 2,104 . 2.102
we
320
317
'2;067 . 2#087
.296
211
2 ,p 063 302
1,977 350
1..,971 288
GEORGIA
F"torffi
6 ~ 386
4o2
3601 6.239=737,__ _ 6.,. 497 I
5, 753 5, .,;..,70;,8~-~5:...,4;.,08~--5...:.'.,;.2..:-11~-5..;;..2..72
s,o88 _..:...4::..~:~9;..;;9,..;5_ _s~,::..,;o;..;1;.:3,__4.;:.;,=-.:e:-:32~;::---4::..::.,;a~7~6--
. 176 199
193
211
226 -'229
236
2C6
255
206
Alabama
i 2, 444
I Ivii ssiasippi ! lJ~767
Arkansas
. 2.. e23
Louisiana
j 397
Te:xalJ .
2 ~461
Washington
243
Oregan
180
_c_a_l_i.t_o_r_,n=i:.:a:___,-=ltl 38 3
_ 2,4o4
1,112 . 2,487
399 2, 572
275
199 1,359
I 2,416 .
1, 754 1 2 ,.417
379 1 2., 516
209
125 1
1j,233 ~
2,062 ' 2,019 1.,620 1,387
2~527 2,463 348 394
211009 1,874 289 233 161 168 955 867
2,119 1,314
2~273
339
1,r92 239
12 7 82'6
2,175 1,346
2,044 301
1 .v B86 252 162 916
2,068 1,292
2,C~9
376
1.821 271
137 894
1,911 1,284
1,972 339
1g805 216 107 919
2~053
1.214
1 ~ 978
416
1,874 220
113 836
1,921 1.283
2.C62 379
1g835 218 118 945
1,884 1.258
2 1 019 402
1 ~ 877
178
120 932
1,883 1,267
2,007 340
11 836 193
94 741
TOTAL 1957
TOTAL 1956
1957 %1958
j 33,932
! zo , 555
I 111
33,271 32,457 1
29,947
28,738
t
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- - -11-1 -- - -113 ~
27,996 27,020 24,618 24,642
114 110
' 26,480 24,553
108
28,069 24,380
107
25.628 24,986 25,006 24p873 24,429 23,718 2.2,279 21.932
10:._5::.___~10..5:.___r'-- l:!.?_ _ _ 1~~ .
23,992
22.013 22,364
,_.-
110
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AGRICUlTUR~L EXTENSION SERVI... E UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. MJD THE
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
U.S. O:::PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
AGH!CULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 3~9 EXTENSiON BLOG., ATIIENS, GA.
_ Athens, Georgia
October 7, 1957
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FARM PRICE REPORT AS OF SEPrEMJJEH 15...2-.1957.
GEORGIA: During the month ended Septenfuer 15, the All Oommodity Index of Prices Received by Georgia Farmers remained steady at the same level of a
month earlier. The index at 249 is now 3 points above the level of a year .earlier. Farmers on September 15 were receiving slight~y lower prices fo~ cotton, corn, chickens, hogs, and beef cattle. However, higher egg, milk, cottonseed, oats and
wheat prices offset tl}e lower prices for other commodities.
The All Crops index at 262 was unchanged durir.g the month but is more than 3 points (1 percent) below the September 1956 index of 265.
The Livestock and Livestock Products index at 221 is up 1 point from the previous ~onth and 18 points (9 percent) from last year. The increase from last year is due to higher hog and beef cattle prices~
UNITED STATES: The Index of Prices Received by Farmers dropped 3 points (1 percent) during the month ended in mid-September the Crop Reporting Board
announced today. Lower prices for meat animals and for most commercial vegeta0les vere primari~y responsible for the decline. Partially offsetting were higher prices for dairy products and eggs. The September Index at 245 percent of its 1910-14 average was 4 percent above September 1956.
( '\.t 296 the Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services, Interest, r -~'axes, and Farm Wage Rates was 1 point (1/3 of one percent) higher in mid-September
than a month earlier, and 9 points (3 percent) above September last year. The family living index and the production index were both l .point higher than on August 15.
With the Index of Prices Received down during the month and with the Index of Prices Paid for Commodities . and Services, Interest, T a~es, and Wage Rates up slightly the Parity Ratio went down 1 point to 83. This was 1 point higher than on September 15, 1956.
Indexes 1910 - 14 ts 100
Summary Table for the United States
September 15, August 15, September 15,:~ _R~c~r~ gigh__
1956
1957
. 1957 : Index : Date _
Prices Received
236
248
Parity Index 1/
287
295
245
313 Feb. 1951
296
296 ~/Apr.l957
Parity Ratio
82
84
83
123 Oct. 1946
y );,/ Prices Paid,. Interest, Taxes, and V.Jage Rates based on data for the indicated dates. Also May, June and September 195.7 .
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ARCHIE L~NGLEY
.gricultural Statistician In Charge
lirLLIAM E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician
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-~D~~: . , ~;i~;i ~~:.1 Ar~~~;r~b;/~[ f~s~:x~~j~~E~~~s~~,~s~;-.-_ :~'PRICES ~IVED.BY UF.l)ERf .EPT.Jl.@JJi.l.h_l9~lTH CO}.;~LBI SONS
.
1/'h~ .qt, Bu. Corn, Bu., .. :. \ ,
.. . .
0 8.t s , Bu.
-
.11 Ill
1.23
$ $ ..
l 1 . 92~ lI -1'- .91- . -- 1,9- ..~
. 1.25_
1.36 1.25
-- -- -~
. 138
'1.95
.64
1.13
. 81 i
.80
.87 .
. 10
.681
--- 1.90 I; 1.90
1.23
l.15 ...
' .577 . .603
Iri sh Pot. ,Cwt. Swee t Pot., Cvrt . Cotton , Lb.
$ 1.13
$
.8-1
12.1
~.75 . , 2 . 90
I5 5.50
3::: : 33.6
2.85 5.10 33.3
.70 . 88 12. 4
1.so 1.80
3.32 3.87 32. 50 32. 83
. 1... 7.0
2 . 98 32.97
Cottonseed, Ton
$ 23.65
45 .00 1 50 . 00 51. 00
22.55
47 . 70 55 . 70 53.20
Hay,All (baled)Ton $
24.80 1 23 . 60 25.],0
20.70 r8.oo 18.20
Ho gs, per Cv;t .
7. 36
I 15. so
19.60 19.50
7.27
15.70 20.00 19.10
B..;ef Ca ttl e , O:it.
N'rl. lk Cows, H~nd
Chicken s; Lb:. :...
Egg s, :toz.
Buttorf n.t, Lb ~ ! .
> .::
Milk (wholes[Qo )
por 100# J)
$
3. 96 33 .135 13 .3 21. '1 25 . 8
2 . 43
12.20
n5.oo
17.5
' 13.70
1.
I 115.00
I 19. 9
13 .15 115.00
18.0
47. 5
41.-5: . 47. 1
51.0
5L'b 51.0
5. 90
5.65 5.90
48. 00
16.10 18.20
156.00 168 . 00
17. ..2. . .
38.6 .. .
58.2 .
19. 2 36.3 58.7
17.70
171.00 . . :.
. 17.2 ::. :
40.. 0 .. 59 . 0 . .:
1.60
4.36 4 .16
4.39
Soyb eDn s; Bu.: P.e'Jlluts, Lb , .
$
5.2
2.25 . 10.8
2. 25 2.25 10. 5 10. 5
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1.( Pre liminary For Septemb er ~ Revised .
2.07 2.27 2 . 13' .
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11. 5 10.7
10 . $ .._
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= INDEX 1!1JMBE1lS OF PRICES RECEIVED :FlY F IBMERS IN GEORGIA.. :
(J F.lnul'lry 1910.-Ibccrnb_l3r 1914 100) . .
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Sept. 15, Autt,.l5, S~pt' .l5 , .
l92f2
1937' .. . 1951 ._,.
::" .; ~. :. '
An Commod.itics
All Crops ..... . .. Gra i ns 'lr',d, Hay
..
. .
2 116 . . . 265 .
' 1'16
249
249
262 15{)
...
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262 . 148
.
Cotton Li n t
273 '
276
271
.. F,..mnuts
208
Tob n.c co
' 383
...'.. .
Cottonseed mld Soyber:ms
188
Iri sh Pot atoe s, Sweet Pot nto os 'nd Co11po ~ s
2 92
.'... ..~-. ..
Fruits ~"nd Nuts
4n 1-ive st ock P2~d Live stoc1~ Pro ducts
156 203
M..;at Ani mal s
2117
Poult ~ <u~d Egg s
150
Wry roducts
23'9
202 370''
208 281 138 220 298 154 2 27
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202 . . 370 .
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224 264'
. . - ...
149
22.1 296
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152 237 :
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PRICES FAID BY FAt'\J:.fERS FOR SELECTED Ft EDS SEFTEMBER 15, 1957 :i!TH COMPARISONS I{ ''.
KI ND OF FEJID .
Gi0ltGIA
Sopt. 15,
Aug . 15
l~ ~ ~l Sept .
I UNIT~ sr.AT ES
Sept. 15, Aug . 15,
Sep t . l 5 ,
_ _ _,_ __;__ _:...._ _. _19_5_6_-"-----'-1..:9..5.:.7_ _ _1957 . 1 956
1957
1957: : :' '
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Mi xed ]}liry Fe ed
All Under 29 %Fro toi n
16% Prote in 18"/o Prot e in 20% Prot e in 2 4o/o Prot e i n
3.90 3. 85
3.90 4 .05
4 . 25
3.90 3,85 4 . 05 4 .05 4 . 40
3,90 3.85 4 . 00 1 .00
1. 30
3, 72
3 . 66
3 .68 3.8:-l
4 . 04
3.70
3.65 3 . 6-1 3 . 87 1. 01
3. 67 3 .62 3.60
3.86 4 . 00
3 i Gh Protein Fee ds Cot tonseed Meal Soybean lv'J.C al Me a t Scrap
";r :;~,in. By-Product s
:Or 8Il ~~iddling s C'lrn Meal
3.35 4 .15 4 . 95
3 .25 3 ,55 3,65
3, ,15
3. 45
3 . 70 1. 60
34..5850
3.30 3.50 3.55
3 .20 3. 40 3.45
3 . 84 4 .04 4 .99
2 . 00
3.oa
3. 76
3.78 3. 85 1.85
2. 80 2.91 3.39
3.77
3. 92 4 .85
2 .75 2.86 3.33
? oultry Feed
3 roil er Growing M::~sh LSac.ryaintc~rhlvkG.rshc.in s
5 . 20 4 .90 4 . 40
5.00 4 .85 4 .35
5.00 4.80 4 . 30
555.05
tl , tl. l8
4 . 91 ! . 13 4 .03
-1 .89 4 . 41 3.98
1/ F..s r eport e d b y Feed Dco.l e rs.
47.00 35.00
~97,. 308
3467.. 88
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE
~ : , . .S'tATE DEPARTMENT OF ~GRICULTYRE
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Athens, Georgia
OCT
U.S. DEPA.RTMENT OF AGRICULTUR!:
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERV:ICE 319 EXTENSION BLI;)G., ~TH~NS . G"~
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October .~, ::: 1957
Gi:ORGI - OC-~TO..BER.
O'l'TOi'.i RLPCRT
.: :. ,:~-G~orgia is . pro9ucing a cotton crop--;f about 41S,ooo bales (Soo pounds gross weight)
.. ... .according to October prospects reported to t Le Ge orgia Crop Reporting bervice of ; .. :=_;the Unite~ . btates Department. of Agriculture. This is a decrease of 28 percent from
. :..;,_.,.1 ~he 579,000 bales harvested last season {lnd is 39 percent below the 10 y~ ap(l94655: . . .- a:verage p):-'oductit:m of 679,000 bales. Indicated yield per acre of 345 pounds is the .
~- S(3cond highe s t of record being exceeded only by. t :.:e .record 1955 yield of 376 pounds.
Frequeny rains during September delayed harvesting oper?-tiq_ns in- all areas of
. t be Stp.te. The Northwest and Southwest sections receive d t he greatest rainfall,
:..'_, with totals amounting to more t !,an t hr ee times the ave rage for S~pt emb.e_r. Host
:_ , .: other' areas received above normal rainfall, a.nd for the St ate as . a wi-:ole,' September
11ras .one of t he "ltrettest months in recent years. According to t he Bure.au of C!'l.nsus
only:129,000 bales were r, inned during September. :
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..;. ._. . The excessive rain, along -vJith warm W.t~ at re r, caused the s ee d to sprout 'in t:h.e boll
:_-...' and reports indic ate t he quality of t he crop has been r educed in most s ectiC;ins.
::: : From 90 to 95 percent of t he crop h ad been h arve~'ted pri~-r to the heavj . rains in
>..' the southern districts, about ?0 pe:t:c~nt in t he central portion, and close to So
> ,.percent in t he northern area s. Fair~ 'yle at her is 'b adly nee ded to complete' h~u:vcst on
;,:. - s ch:edule. .
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-" .". About 67 Percent of t oe crop had b8en ginned to r Gport date . Bureau 'of Ce nsus ginnings to 'octobe r 1 were 278,000 r unning balGs compared -..dtb 376 ,0dd oal~ s to t he
:~ .' same date .la5t s eason and 432,000 bales in 1955.
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C11.{lL 0. DOESCHER Agricultural .Statistician
ARCHIB; LANGLEY .~ Agricultural Stati stician In Charge
GEORGIA l1AP :.>HOvII".~G INDICATED PRODUCTION 195? AND FINAL PRODUCTION FOR 1956 & 1955
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1957 production indipatGd on October l. :
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, 1955-58,000
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/ 1957-20,000
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1955 :.. 70I,noo
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11995~~S--
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Di strictG shown are Crop
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A_!Jf.l~ ~Sl_ 1 957-2 4,'060 ATLA Wl'A . ! 19. 5633,000, , . .
Reporting Districts and ~TOT Congr e ssional Districts.
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1955-80,000 I
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( 1957- 80,000
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1 956 -16,000
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1956-75 ,000 't
1955-87 ,ooo
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. ' . . UNITED STATES ... COTTON REPORT AS Of OCTOBER 1, 1957
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._The.Crop:RePorti_n;g Board of the Agricultural Marketing Service makes the following
~eport from data: furnished by crop correspondents, field statisticians, Bureau
)
~f the Census, Commodity Stabilization Service, and cooperating State agencies
. ~ 'fhe .final outturn of cotton compared with this forecast will depend upon whether
tJle various influences affecting the crop during the remainder of the season are
more or less favorable than usual,
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: Thousand Bales
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Texas . :
355 500
578
475 740 1,350
307 1,135
455 575 5,925
71 .83 70 320 391 338 449 359 250 69 75 70 305 360 336 647 513 350
69 73 73 264 334 345 679 579 415
74 82 76 374 488 455 579 552 450
71 72 70 296 370 357 891 750 ' 550
73 81 74 363 . 493 498 1,702 1,609 1,400
76 90 64 384 586 391 385 448 250
71 79 78 360 500 543 1,444 1,426 1,285
72
59
83 46
64 75
357 496 422 170 175 275
606 374
581 261
400 330
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70 68 83 208 280 332 3,742 3,615 4,100
N.Mex.. : 181
Ariz , : 350
Qalif..... : 716
89 94 89 551 797 756 253 301 285
91 95 91 718 1,108 1,138 620 829 830
92 96 96 683 924 989 1,249 1,446 1,475
Qther
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77 80 300 409 435 13,669 13,310 12,401
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. Egypt .!!/
. 81.0 .
408 583 548 36.8 50.3 92.5
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y Production ginned and to be ginned. A 50o-lb. bale contains about 480 net
. pounds of lint.
2./ Virginia, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, and Nevada.
4/ Included in State and United States totals. Grown in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, - and California.
CROP REPORTJ.NG BOARD
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICe '
UNIVERSITY OF GEORG IA AND THE STAi'f'J!'. QEF.-'!AT~NT OF .AGR ICULTU_RE
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Georgia is producing a cotton crop of about 415,000 bales (500 pounds gross weight)
according to October prospects report19d to t Le Georgia Crop Reporting bervice of
the United ~tates Department of Agriculture. This ~s a . decre ase of 28 percent from -
t he 579;ooo bales harve'stect last season . and is 39 percr.nt below the 10 yeai-(1946 - 55:
!fVerage production of 679 ,000 bale s~ Indj!catud yield per acre of 345 pounds is the
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Frequen!J.rains during September delaye~r' harve stir1g operations in all areas 'of
t he State. The Northwest and Southwest se ctions ;ecoive d the gr eatest rai.rifall,
with totals .a.mounting to more t han t hree t;i.mes the aye ra.ge for Sept ember. :Host
other are as received above normal rainfall, and for the St ate as a 1-ll:ole, .September . was one of t he 1t1ettest month s in recent years ~ According to . t be Bure au of Census
only 129,000 bales v1ere r, inned during Sepi;.ember.
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The excess;ive r .ain, aiong -vJith warm W(: atl_e r, cau s ed the s ee d to sprout j_n t'be- .bo1J:. -' . .
and repor..ts indic_a te t he quality o.{ t he crop hn.s been r educed in most s ecti:on&. ' ; From 90 ~.6: 95 percent ~f t he crop h~<{ bGE:Jn:.harves'ted prior to t he heavy rains. in , . . ,-;, .~
~he southern dis tricts~ .about '10 percent ,in t he ~;entr al portion, and close to 5o... . .
percent ih t he northern area s;." ".' Fair,-~ :weather is badly n~e ded to compl ete harlle.&t on. . . .
r
schedule.
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A;bout 67. Pe~cent of tr:~ crop ~~.~ b(;~ri ginned. to r Gport date . Bureau of Censu~:: ~ ~ : : ~ .-:. ;
ginnings to Octobe r 1 werE;: 27:8,.000 r unning .b a.lGs compar ed witJ J 3?6,000 . b~le s ;to. t he .:::
same date la:5t ~eason and 432',000 balk:s in 1955.
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ARC HI B LAHGLEY
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Stat istician
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GEORGIA HAP SH.cn1H~JG I NDICATED PHODUC'fiON .1St57 AND FI NAL PRODUCTION FOR 1956. & i9~5
. 195? proctuction irtdicated on October 1~
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195f 415,ooo '
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fhe Crop Reporting Board of theAgricultural Marketing S~rvice makes the following
~eport. from data furnished by crop correspondents, field statisticians, . Bur~a~. ~
9f the census, Commodity Stabilization Service, and cooperating State agencies ;
fhe final outturn of cotton compared with this forecast will depend upon whether
tJle various influences affecting the crop during the remainder of the season are
more or less favo_rab1e than usual.
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1946-; 1956 ;~95?
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- - - :Thousand- 7 - - ;e;c:n~ - - 7 - - - p~~d~ - - - ~. - fuo~s~d iaie~
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: acres :
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N.C : 355
71 83 0 70 320 391 338 449 359 250
s .Q.. . it :
500
69 75 70 305 360 336 647 513 .350
Ga 1 . :
fenh. ~- 1 :
578 475
69 73 13 264 334 345 679 579 415
74 82 76 374 488 455 579 552 450
Ala,;, .-, : 740
71 72 70 296, 370 357 891 750 550
:trliss . , . : 1,350
73 81 74 363 493 498 1,702 1,609 1,400
Mo : 307
76 90 64 384 586 391 385 448 250
Ark .. : 1,135
71 79 78 360 500 543 1,444 1,426 1,265
La : 455
72 83 64 357 496 422 606 581. ', 400
0kla... . .. .... : 575
59 46 75 170 175 275 374 261 330 #
'l'exas : 5,925
70 . 68- 83 208 280 332 3, 742 3,615 4,100
N.Mex : 181
89 94 89 . 551 797 756 253 301 285.
Ariz , , .. : 350
91 95 91 718 1,108 1,138 620 829 830
Calif : -716
92 96 96 683 924 989 1,249 1,446 1,475
other
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73 77 80 . 300 409 _ 435 13, 669 13, JlO 12, 401
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Amer,-
. Egypt 1!/
81.0
408 583 548 36.8 50.3 92.5
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1/ September 1 estimate.
y Production ginned and to be ginned. A 500-1b. bale contains about 480 net
pounds of lint.
J/ Virginia, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, .Kentucky, and Nevada.
4/ Included in State and United States totals. Grown in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, - and California.
CROP REPORTING BOARD
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AGRICULTURAl. EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGR ICULTURE
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULlURE AGRICUL.TUR.C.L MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATiiENS, GA.
Athens, Georgia ~
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October 9, 1957
BROILER CHICK. REPORT .FOR GEORGIA C0~1ERCIAL AREAS
During the week ending October 5, commercial hatcheries placed 4,838,000 chicks
with .the broiler -producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 4,876,000 placed the previous week and is 7 percent more than the 4,530,000 placed the same week last year.
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,183,000 compared with 6,497,000 the. previous week and is 1 percent less than the 6,223,000 for the corresponding week :last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the we~ at an average
of 70 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at $12.00 per hundred. These prices are the same as for last week and compare with 71 cents and $13.00 one year ago, Egg prices shown relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise.
Weighted average pric es from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers
during the week endi.ng October 5 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 -
3 1/2 pounds, at farms 15.69; FOB plants 16.h8.
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(See reverse side for other states)
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS
PERIOD AUGUST 3 THROUGH OCTOBER 5, 1957
Date Week . . Ending
. . E~gs
Set : 1956 : 1957
Thousands
y Chicks Hatched
Placed in Georgia
. 1956 : 1957 Tho1.B ands
Inshipments of Chicks 1956 : 1957 Thousands
Total Placed
. on Farms
1956 1957 Thousands
Aug. 3 6,152 6,843 4,218
5,035 582 673 4,800
Aug. 10 6,227 6,739 4,167
4,867 483 541 4,650
Aug. 17 5,909 6,703 4,093
4,723 607 488 4,700
Aug. 24 5,917 6,451 4,098
4,577 702 610 4,800
Aug. 31 5,179 6,430 4,111
4,614 539 474 4,650
Sept. 7 5,746 6,430 3,860
4,538 640 457 4,500
Sept. 14 5,923 6,386 3,837
4,493 653 520 4,490
Sept. 21. 6,001 6,293 3,904
4,346 646 486 4:,550
Sept. 28 . 5,941 6,497 4,027
4,390 513 486 _4,600
Pet, 5 6,223 ' 6,183 4,036
4,418 492 420 4,530
1/ Exclus~ve of hatchings shipped into States outside of Georgia.
5,708 5,408 5,211
5,272 5,088
4,995 5,013 4,832 4,876 4,838
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
W. A, V.TAGNER Agricultural Statistician
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STATE
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COll.fi1ERCIAL AREAS , BY 1-vEEKS - 1957
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Sept.
Sept. ... Oct.
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28
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Week Ending
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Aug. 10
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Aug. 17
Aug. 24
Aug. 31
Sept. 7
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Oct.
5
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS
CHICKS PU.CED -. THOUSANDS
Maine.:-.._. ..
Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Nissouri D$1aflare Ea!Yiand
wV:irVgiinrgiainia
N. Carol ina S. Carolina
-QJ;.;ORGL'\.
F l ori d a . .Al abama
l ~ississ'ippi
Ark ansas Louisiana Texas lfashington Oregon
Cal iforni a
~; 230 '.
779 1,159 1,346 '
2?5 1,149 '1,929 .. 2,047 '
.1, 779
267 ' 2, 678
476 1 6, 293 1
377 2,404 1,772 2,487
300 //
2, 572 275 199
1, 359
1,166 1,294
817
804
1,124 1,137
1,221 1,288
311
326
l , il4 1,02.8
1, 869
12,' 5ll266..
1,922 2,091 .
1,678
233
237
2, 607 2,503
447
466
6,L~ 97
3b0
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6,183 . 285 ..
2,416 2,440
1,754 1, 715
2, 417 2,234
379
273
2,516 2,032
209
252
125
115
1,233 1,160
TOTAL 1957 TOTLL 1956
-195 7-% 19-5-6
j 33;271 29 ,94~ lll
32, 457 31,463
28,738 29,262
- - 113
108
993 555
700 976 161
585
1,749 1,444 1,380
544 2,289
332
5, 708
199 2, 019 1,387 2,463
394 1,874
233 168 867
1,013
559
837 1,018
156 661
1,753 1, 396 1, 309
561+
2, 276 308
.5,408 193 2,119
1,314 2}273
339 1,792
239 127 826
978
510
847 867 175 577 1,780 1,446 1,324
575
2,104 320
5,211
211 2,175 1,346 2, 044
301 1,888
252 162 916
981 1,007
527 503
815 739 843 839 181 131
5?5 530
1,669 1,589 1,502 1, 620 1,230 1,271
514 524 2,102 2,067
317 296 5,272 5, 088
22b-229
2,068 1,911 1,292 1,284 2,009 1, 972
376 339 1,827 1,805
271 216 137 107 894 919
939 598
673 866
189 421 1,754 1,420 1, 252
495 2,087
277 4,995
236 2, 053 1,214 1,978
416 1, 874
220
113 836
881
554 666
775 187 416 1, 772 1,543 1,218 516 2,063 302 5, 013
206 1,921 1,283 2,062
379 1,835
218 118
945
777 494
591
762 113 411 1,846 1,471 1,185 470 1,977
350
4,832
255
1, 884 1, 258 2, 019
402 1,877
178 120
932
903 506
634 723 100
458 1,709 1,637 1,176
433 1,977
288
4, 876 .206
1,883 1,267 2,007
340 1,836
193 94 747
863
535
737 770
164 513 1,740 1,503 1,176 488 2, 059 286
4, 838
228 2,001
1,323 1,899
378 1,828
179 87
96.~
27,020 26,480 26,069 25,628 24, 986
24,642 24,553 24,380 24,429 23,718
110 108 107 -10-5 - ---#--~---- ------.----~ --
105
24,906 22,279
112
.24, 873 24,210 23,993 21,932 22,013 22,364
--11-3- -- 1-10---1-07
24,560 22,06.3
111
U N I VE~w liY OF GCORG IA
AGRICULTURA'L E:x'f'ENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE' ..
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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Athens, Georgia
U.S , DE.PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 'AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
319 EXTENSION B!...DG., ATHENS, GA.
October 11, 1957
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GENERAL CROP RB~PORI' FOR GEORGIA 'AS OF OCTOBER 11 1957 (
PEA!\TUTS DJ\}1AGED BY RAINS: The pea.rmt crop in Georgia, currently e ntimated at
too,65o,ooo pounds, is about 12. pe,rcent smaller than last year's crop of .
$.?8,980_,000 pounds. Conditions. on September 1 pointed to a crop of 540,175,000 lJOunds but continued heavy 1~ains h it a good portion of the runner cro p that had been plo~-1e d up and not picked, G.;:iusing heavy losses in both quantity and quality
of the crop. These unfavorable conditions reduced prospects by 7 percent or
.39,525,000 pou.."lds during t he month,. Yield per acre is estimated at 950 pounds
compared with 1090 for 19560)
PECAN PROSPECTS DECLH)E AGAIN: Hot dry .weather during early September following a
+dry August cut back prospects for Georgia rs pecan crop and the estimate en October was for l4,5oo,ooo pounds. Prospects on September 1 indicated a cro p of
l7,000,000 pounds but unfavorable weathe r conditions caused heavy shedding to con-
.tinue and prospects v-rere reduced by 15 percent during the month. The latest estimate places this year's production 76 percent below last year's record break-
ing crop of 6o,ooo,ooo pounds and is only 44 percent of the 1946-55 ave rage pro-
duction of 32,946,000 pounds.
EXCELIE~IT CORN CROP FORECAST: Georgia's 1957 corn crop , currently estimated at
r 65,750,000 bushels, ,,rill be the second largest of record, being exceeded only by
,.. .the 1955 crop of 67,080,000 bushels. The latest estimate is 1 percent above last year's crop of 65,064,000 bushels despite a 3 percent drop in acreage. This year 1s near record production is being a chieved although farme rs are expected to harvest t he smallest acreage since records began in 1866. The indicated per-acre yield of 25 bushels is a ne1-1 record high in the State, exceeding the pr evious high of 24 bushels set in 1955 and ma tched last y ear, by 1 bushel.
GOOD HAY CROP: Ample supplies of moisture d~ring September improved Alfalfa, ~-espe deza-and soybean hay prospects somm-1hat. The production of all hay is expe cted to be 616,000 tons for 1957 ~ich is t~e s~e as a yea~ ear~iero
EGG PRODUCTION ~: Hens on Georgia f arms laid 102 million eggs during Sept ember. This is a record high egg production for September and is 10 percent above the previous high of 93 million eggs produced in 1956. Georgia f armers continue d to
increase their laying flocks as the estimated 6,699,000 hens on farms during .
September is 11ell above the 6,177,ooo hens on farms for the corresponding month a y'ear earlier and sets a nevi r ecord high for September.
MILK PRODUCTION ~: Milk production in Georgia during September is estimated at 9bi;iillion pounds, a dro p of 2 million pounds from the Septembe r 1956 production. This decline is due to a decrease in milk cows on f arms and a smalle r production PFJr .cow. 1'-ti.lk production per cow in herd average d 320 pounds during September, the second highest of record, being surpassed only by the 325 pounds for Sept ember 1956.
GEORGIA
CROP
:ACRF.AGE
YIELD PER ACRE
TOTAL PRODUCTION (IN THOUS.)
(000) :Average 1957 : l 946-55
1956
I n dio.: Ave rage 1957 1946-55
1956
Indic. 1957
Corn bu : 2630
16.2 24.0 25.0 : 48, 978 65; 064 65,750
\fheat En.: 102
15.6 21.0 17.0 : e;o91 2;436 1; 731~
Oats bu: 411
27.1 33.0 28 .0 : 11;683 14 , 289 11,508
Hay (all) ton: 691
. 65 : . 89 : . 89:
706
. 616
616
Tobacco (Al l) lb: 64.1:1196 :1452 :1301
121,920 :129,371 83,385
Potatoes, Irish, Cwt:.
4.8: 46.2
45.8: 47.5
333
229 : 228
Fntatoes,Swcet, Cvrt: 13
41
Cot ton bales: .578 264
. 46
47
334 345
1,264 679
. 736
611
579 41.5
Peanuts(for picking:
:
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r anq thre sl1ing) lb: 527 803
1090 950 586,552 :568,980 5oo,65o
Soybeans bu: 96 Pca che s,tot.crop ,bu:
Pea r s ,tot.crop , bu:
10.1
125: 13.0
30.5 2,776
196
1_,038 1,600
80
1,248 2,100
86
Pecans lb: h .sturs , Condi tion% :
32,946 6o,ooo 14,500
71
72 82
ARCHIE LANGlEY ~gricu1tural Statistician In Charge
V.JILLIAH E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician
UNITED STPTES - GENERf_L CROP R'!':PORT f.S OF OCTOBER 1, 1957
Aft er f urthe r gains during September total crop producti.on this .year now looks
equal to the p revious r ecord, J,ate crops in important areas made notco.bl-c maturity
e.dvances as kilHng frosts hold off. Timely rainfall aided pastur es and late hay
growth and gave fall seedings a go od start, Excessive rains caused considerable
damage by delaying ha.rve st of cotton and other Southern crop s.
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of all com
month ago.
is Th
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cast at
4 perc
31 305
ent bel
mi ow
llion last
bushels-- up -3
year's crop; but
6
percent above ave rage. The yield of 45o 7 bushels per acre slightly exceeds last
ycart s record and is f e.r above the aver age of 37.8 bushels.
PEA~WTS: f roduction of p eanut s for picking and threshing, estimated at 1,536 ~----- mill ion pounds, is down about 4 percent from the September l forecast.
Lower yield per a cre pro spects jn Virginia and the i mpor tant Southeastern States
offset higher yields e stimated for Oklahoma and Texaso
PECANS: -.- Production for 1957 is estimat ed at 122,1.50,000 pounds, 30 percent less than last year, and 12 percent below average . - Improved va rieties are even shorter than in 1955. The estinm.te of 37,350,000 pounds this season
is 6.5 percent belOl-1 last year and 41 percent below ave rage. Seedling ve.rieties, po:wever, at 84,800,000 pounds, arc 26 percent above last year and 12 percent above
average.
PEANUTS PICKF.D JJITD THRESHED
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: Average : 1956 : Indicated : Average : 1956 : Indicated -
- ------..!. 19_k6::5.2.-.!.---.:..- _1.251-- _:_12.4.9.-5_5_:_...;.--..:.- _1251--
1,ooo 1,ooo 1,ooo
Pounds
- - Pounds Pounds
. Pounds Pounds
Pounds
Va .
1,.572
2,080 1,8.50
:209,616 24.5,440 i94,2.50
N, C,
Tenn.
1,230 778
11 7.50 1,550
850
850
:276,616 346,500 274,350
2,840
2~550
2,.5.50
s. c.
716
1,050
900
: 11,898 12,600
9,900
PA.
803
1,090
950
:586,552 568,980 500,650
Fl a.
814
1,075 1,ooo
: 58,176 60,200 551 000
Ala-. -
790
1,010
775
:245,578 216,140 16-4,300
~liss.
372
400
42.5
: 3,449 2,400
2,5.50
Ark,
382
400 425
: 2,617 2,000
1,700
Okla .
: 602
725
820
:110,294 50,750 94,.300
:L'exas
: 500
-500
725
: 24L~, 274 87,.500 228,375
-N.-M-ex-. ----: -1,0-4-8 ---J1 -20-0 --123-00-----: J7 -47-7 - -J7 2-0-0 ---L 7 80-0--
U. s.
---
-
-
-
-
-
-
818
--
-
-
-
1,157
---
-
1,ooo
----
-
-
---------------- 1,7601097 . 1,6o2,260 1,535,725
-
PEC ANS
--state--- 7----- 'Ali varteties :- -rroctuct~m-------------- ....
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-: -- --~<~(~J,:.-a,-ge_.Tn~r.c--C.2'lJ"1"...-.,..-._:--
--
--
-
-
-,nr:'~-----,. fut!i~at'ett ~t!'-'7-__.1,2.;}.Q. - - - - - .:. - - - - - ::1:/ "'-'- -
Thousand Pounds
N. c.
1;981
2,600
1,200
s. c.
3,146
8,600
2,000
Ga.
32,946
6o,o~o
14,500
Fla.
4,895
4,000
3,300
Ala.
14,856
30,500 -
7,000
Niss.
8,260
12,100
.5,800
Ark.
7 j751+
31 800
6,100
La .
14,875
_14r000
i4,000
Okla .
~
19,910
7,100
25,000
Tex a s ?!_M~!-
. __
: __.:.
__
lf_
31;140
.._2L63_4~-
. _...,. _ ~
___
27 1 .500 _3i_5QO_
_
~
__
39;500
_ :_ J.;lSQ
~
_ __
_
u. s .
138,599 . .
i73,700 .
122,1.50
R/-0ho;t:tim;
.
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lE~VllCIE
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF G~ORGIA AND THE . STATEDEPARTMENFOFAGR~ULTURE
Athens, Georgia
October 16, 1957
HONEY PRODUCTION REPORT - OCTOBER 1957
G!~OHGIA: ;.;;stimated honey production in Georgia for 1957 is 6,076,000 pounds . Tnis is a decline of approximately one percent from t he 1956 produc-
tion of 6,210,000 pounds. Total colonies of bees were estimated at 217,000 compared vlith 207,000 last year. Honey production per colony is estimated at 28 pounds this year compared with 30 pounds in 1956.
UNITF:D ~rrATI; E : The 1957 honey crop is estimated at 23.5,413,000 pounds - 10 per-
cent more than last year's crop, according to the Crop Report-
ing Board. This year's crop is being produced by 5,406,000 colonies of bees -~ 1 percent more colonies than in 19.56 . ijoney production per colony averaged 43 .5 pounds, which compares with 40.2 in 1956 and t,1e 1951-55 average of 44.8 pounds. In mid-September, producers had about 99 million pounds of honey on hand for sale -- about 42 percent of t he estimated 1957 production.
'{oney production 1-1as above last year iri all areas of the country except the West -v1here it was down 9 percent, mainly due to the short crop in California.
Increases from last year were 60 percent in t he North Atlantic States, 53 per-
cent in the ~ast North Central, 11 percent in the i:;outh Central, 4 percent in
the West North Central, and 2 percent in t he South Atlantic btates . Production ~n t he North Atlantic States, although up sharply from last y ear, wa5 only sli~htly above average . In New York and t he three norti1ern New .sngl and States .condttions v1ere favorable for bees and 110ne;y- production, but were unfavor-
able in Penm;ylvania and Nevl Jersey. In t ne :bast Nortn Central ~ tates a cold wet spring \vas followed by very favorable weather, resulting in a crop well above last year's short crop. The ~"le5 t Nortil Central ;.,tates had a cold and wet
spring, and although the crop is above last year it is below average. In
North and South Dakota a good honey crop was obtained. In South Carolina,
Georgia, and Florida t he crop was well above average. Conditions in the South
Central .States were generally less favorable than last year. Ho-vJever, 'fexas
production was 92 percent above last year's short crop whi ch was produced under
severe drought conditions. In t he \fe st, conditions were generally good t hrough-: out the year with t he exception of California. Production was do~1 36 percent in California. Orange crop wa s below normal and alfalfa ' crop was poor throughout t he season.
Honey yields per colony t his year averaged 43.5 pounds compar ed -vlith last year's yield of 40.2 pounds. Yields increased from 24.9 to 41 .0 pounds in t he North Atlantic; from 29.4 to 44.4 in t he ~ast North Central; from 69.9 to 70.3 in the \rJest North Central; and from 22.6 to 25.5 in the couth Central States. Yield per colony decreased from 37.1 to 36.2 in t he uouth Atlantic States, and from 57. 0 to )0.4 pounds in t lie ~vest.
(O ve r )
.Jo
1957 rrOJIJEY PRODUCTICN i'.ND :::.TOCK;__ O~J ! 'AND ~ E:P'l'L .;:-, R. 15 .''JR. ~-ALJ!,
:Colonies of bees: Yield per colony: ' oney production d oney f or s~Te
... tate ,- - - - - - - - - -; -- - -- -: -- - -- - - . - - - - - - -- - in producer 1 13
=_: ____ :____ =_ and . 1956 ; 1957 1/ ; 1956 ; 1957 1/ . 1956 ; . l YS? 1/ iJa.nt:!' m ;.ept
.Qiyi.i.Qn.i ___ _ 1. ____
1. ___ .t ___ __--_ ~SL .~?2_'1_ _ -
Thousand
T,1ousa.nds
-- ~ -- - ------
Pounds
'l' t <2_~~nd pounds
punds
Gi:::ORGIA
207
217
Delaware
3
3
liaryland
28
28
Virg:i.nia
143
150
W. 1/irginia 113
108
. sN..
Carolina Carolina
176 52
187 55
Florida
21~ 8
263
30
28
6,210 6,076
26
22
70
66
26
20
728 560
27
23
3, 861 3,450
16
14
1, 808 1,512
28
21
4,928 3,927
20
24
l,OhO 1,320
70
75 17,360 19,725
1,519 26 280
1,24.2 318
1,296 238
5,918
S. Atlantic 970 1,011
37.1 .36 .2 36,013 36,636
10,837
U"'TITED
:..TATES 5,331 .5,406
hJ.S 211.~ ,501 235,413
98,931
RAY~ ;01TD R. HANCOCK
Agricultural ~tatistician
/-..RCTIIL LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
l-3--1 a-o-1.-----~--..~.. . ~.v- ~
Lf (.13 -
/1,-)7 GIEQ)JRCGllA CC~OlP
A.GRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNI'IERSITY C...'F GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGR .ICULTUR~
Athens, Georgia
' ;~I)RGIII-
IRilEfPJO!R{Tll ~tSIE~ llCCIE
U.S. DE
.R-9~\ tJT
.J
OF AGRI
ULTURE
AGRICUL URAL M.:\RI;<~J"ING ERVICE
.......----- 319 EXTE IOiii- B'L~~~ ...
ENS, GA.
October 16, 1957
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS
During the week ending October 12, commercial hatcheries placed 4,826,000 chicks with the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 4, 838,000 placed the previous u.reek and is 3 p~rcent more than the 4, 700,000 placed the same week last year,
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6, 230,000 compared with 6, 183", 000 the
previous week and is less than 1% more than the 6,20J,OOO for the corresponding
week last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatchD1g eggs during the week at an average 1.. of 70 cents per dozen~ Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was
reported at $11.75 per hundred;, These pr;i.ces compare with 70 and $12 ; 00~last . week and 71 cents and $13.00 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to Georgia
produced hatching eggs \vhether bought on contract or otherwise~
vleighted average prices fro m the Federal-state Market News Service for broilers during the week ending October 12 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 3 3 3/4 pounds, at farms 15.45; FOB plants 16.43.
(See rever~e side for other states)
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS PERIOD AUGUST 10 THHOUGH OCTOBER 12, 1957
Date r Eggs
Chicks Hatched 1/ Inshipments Total Placed
vleek
1
Set
Ending __ , 1956 1957
Placed in Georgia ]256 1957
of Chicks on Farms 1956 : 1957 1956 : 1957
I
I Thousands
Thousands
Thousands Thousands
Aug. 10 1 6, 221 Aug. 17 5,909 Aug. 24 5,917
6,739 6,703 6,451
4,167
4,093 4,098
4,867
4, 723 4,577
483 541 4,650 5,408
607 488 4,700 5,211 702 610 4,800 5,272
Aug. 31 5, 779 6,430= 4,111
4)614
539 474 4,650 5;088
Sept. 7 5,746
Septo 14 5,923
6,430 6,386
3,860
4,538
3,837 .. 4,493
6ho 457 4,500 4,995 653 520 4,490 5,013
Sept. 21 6,001 6,293 3,904 . 4,346
646 486 4,550 4,832
3ept. 28 5,941 6,497 4,027
4,390
573 486 4,600 4,876
Oct. 5 6,223 6,183 4,038
4,418
492 420 4,530 4,838
Oct. 12 6,203 6,230 4 184
Lb352 ' 516 1+74 4,700 4J826
1/ Exc1uslve of hatchings shlpped into States out~iae of Geo~gia
ARCHIE LAJTGLEY Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
'< i'
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician
STATE
... Sept. Oct.
.. 28
5
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN CO:Mi-1ERCIAL AREAS, BY \-.rEEKS - 1957
) , , .
1rTeek Ending
. .
: .
:
Oct.
12
. . . .
. . . . . :
: :
. . . . . Aug. : Aug.
. . . . . . 10
17
Aug. : Aug.
24 . : 31
- ~
. :
. Sept. 7
Sept
14
Page 2
. ..
.. : Sept. : Sept. Oct.
. . . . 21
28
5
:
.: Oct. 12
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Eqine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Nissour;i. Delaware 1-iaryland Virginia V.~eot Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
GEORGIA
.
Florida Alabama Nississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas 1riashinaton
b
Oregon Cali.fornia
TOTAL 1957
TOTAL 1956
1957 % 1956
EGGS SET - 'IHOUSANDS
-1,166 817
1,124 1,221
3ll 1,llh 1,869 2,116 1,526
233 2,&:J?
447 6,497
1,294 804
1,137 1,288
326
1.,028-
1,922
2,091
1,678
237
2,503 466
6,183
360 2,416 1, 754 2:417
379 2,516
209 125
1,233
285 2,_440 1,715 2,234
213 2,032
252 115
l,l6o
32 , 457 31,463
28,738 29,262
113 108
1,223 159
1,071 1,330
302 1,134 1,867 1,971 11801
256 2,595
455 6,230
344 2,468 1,717 2,286
267 2,123
222 163 1,218
31,802
29,634
107
I
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
I .
b,013 .
I! 559 8~7 1,oi8
~
156 661
1,111,,,331905693
564
12,276 308
l 5,408
978 570 847 867 175 577 1,780 1,446 1,324
575 2,104
320 5,211
981 527 815 843 181
515 1,669 1,502 1,230
514 2,102
317 5,272
1,007 503
739 839 131 530 1,589 1,620 1,271
524 2,067
296 5,088
939 598 673 866 189 421
1, 754 1,420 1,252
495 2,087
277 4,995
881
554 666
115 187 416 1,772 1,543 1,218 516 2,063 302 5,013
777 494 597 762 113 411 1,846 1,471 1,185
470 1,977
350 4,832
903 506
634 723 100 458 1,709 1,637 1,176
433 1,977
286 4,876
863
535 737 770 164 513 1, 740 1,503 1,176 488 2;{)59 286
4, 838
874 535 546 744 144 425 1,627 1,398 1,105
442
2,068
344 4,826
193 2,119 1,314 2,273
339 1,792
239 127 826
r44,58503
108
211 2,175 1,346 2,044
301 1,888
252 162 916
26,069
24,3Bo
107
226 2,068 1,292 2,009
376 1,-827
271 137 894
25;'628
24,429
105
~29
1,911 1,284 1,972
339 1,805
216
107 919
236 2,053 1,214
1,978 416
1,814 220
113 836
24,986 24,906
23,718 22,279
105-- --- 112
206 1,921 1,283 2,062
379 1,835
218 ],.18
945
255 1,884 1,258 2,019
402 1,877
178 120
932
206 1,883 1,267 2,007
340 1,836
193 94 747
228 2,001 1,323 1,899
378 1,828
179 87 965
182 1,978 1,315 1,922
392 1,962
176
134 963
24,873 24,210 23,993 24,560 24,102
21,932 22,013 22,364 22,063 21,830
ll3
no
_ __ 107 111
110 ,
~- - -- .... --~
-~ -- -- --- - -
AGRICU!..TURAL EXTENSION SERVIO:E UNIVERS ITY OF GECRG IA AND THE '
STATE D:::PART Ml:NT OF AGRICULTURE :
I' Athens, Georgia
U. $ . .DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL.TURE
~ . :
AGR!C Ul.TIJRAl.. MARKET ' NG SERVICE
:; 3~ J E S<TENsiON BL.CIJ ., AT hE NS, GA .
October 23 .; 1957
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGI A GOJ-JMERCIAL AREAS
During the week ending October 19, commercial h atc!1ed.es placed 4, 927,000 chicks
with the broiler produc:ers in Georgia commerciaJ. areas. This compares with the
4,826,090 placed the previous week and is 8 percent more than the 4,550,000
placed the same week last year .
Eggs set by loc ~l hatcheries amounted to 6,3.56~000 r. ornpared .with 6,230,000 the previous week and is 7% mor e t.hal'l the 5, 949,000 f or the corresponding week last
;rear.
Hatcheries reported prices p.1:'i.::l for hatching ~ ggs du:rj.r..g the week at an average
pf 70 cents per dozen. Ave::-:;..ge pr ice charge ci by hatch 8ries for -t.he chicks vms reported at $11.50 per hundre d, Thes e prices compar e wit-h 70~~ and $11.75 last eek and 71 cents and $12.50 one .year ago~ Egg prices sh own relate to Georgia
produced hatching. eggs whether bought -on contr act or otherwise .
Weighted average p~ic es from the Federal-State r-1arket News Servic~ for broilers
during the week ending October 19 are as follot...rs: North Georgia broilers 3 -
~
farms 16. 46; FOB plants 17.45 .
\
(See reverse side for other states)
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY \rJEEKS
PERIOD AUGUST . 17 THRO~GH OCTOBER 19 , 1957
~:
Date
i:
f:
Eggs
Week
f~
!!
Set
r Ending
1956 : 1957
' '
Aug .
=- r~{
i:
:1.7
H
!:
~ ::mr-
Thousands
5, 909 6,703
Aug .
24 ~ ;:
5,917
6,451
Aug. 31 5, 719 6;430
11 Chicks Hatched]}
Placed in Georgia
II -. .;;
1956
; _ _ _ . .....
1957
~
Thol.B ands
t ~
If.
I ~
:;
4, 093 4,098
4,111
4,723 4,571 4,614
Sept, Sept.
7
14
!1
~:
f:
5,746 5,923
Sept. 21 1: 6,001
Sept , 28 ~i 5,941
6,430 6,386 6,293 6,497
~ 3,860
j 3, 837
J 3,90h
J 4,027
4,538 4,493 4,346 4,390
Oct~ . 5 1: 6,223
qct. Qct.
12 19
,i:'
6,203 5,949
!iG""' ; =
6,18"3 6,230
1
~
4,038 4,184
4,418 4,352
6,356 t 4,032 4,482
,~-
....:..::..-..~~
~
~
~
Inshipments
Total Placed
~ of Chicks
on Farms
. i
. :E
1956
:~::
1957
:t
~
1956 :
1957
:=to:::=.=- . . . ! _ . . , _
;, ~
Thousands
;:
~
Thousands
I ~
I~
:f
607
488
4,700 5,211
~f
!~
702
:i
l=i~ ~~
539 640 653
610
;; z
4,800
I 474 4,650
457 520
~
4,500 4, 490
5,272 5, 088 4,995 5, 013
=~
!l
:t
~~
~
;:;
646 573 49 2 516 518
486 486 420 474 445
~
~
~
4,550
4 ~ 600
~
~
:sE.
~
4,530 4, 700 4,550
4,832 4,876 4,838 4,826 4,927
'jj Exclusive of hatchings sh;i.pped into States outside of Ge orgia.
ARCHIE LANGLEY
'
Agricultural Statis~~c ian, In Charge
w. A. \ITAGNER
Agricultural Stat istician
(,
)
....
EGG__S SET .AliJ'D CHICKS PLACED IN COIVUIJ:::ERC::LAL_A__R-:E7---ASL-l~ -=B-=Y_-W,E.i!_.;:.:EK=.:..:..S_.---=1:..9.::..5.:._7--------~;;.sPoa_gek-2,______
vJeek Ending
STATE
Oct. I - -~----.....----~ Oot.
5
12
f
Oct. 19
! . l u - A ug.--l Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept. sept.
J 17 i 24
31
1 1 . 14 1 21
28
:'
:
d
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
!I - - - - . , . .- -- - - - ------------------"'---------~---------
il I'Iaine.
1,294 1,223 1,323
978 981 1,007
939 -
881- -77_7___903.
Conne~ticut
Pennsylyania Indiana
IllinOis HDieslsao~qurrei i'-laryland
Vir~~~a
1lest ~V.irginia North>carolina
South...Caxolina
- 804 1,137 1 , 2 38 3 26 1,028
1,922 2,091 1,678
237
?,503
466
759 1,071 1,330
. 302 1,134
1,867 1,971 1, 801
256
2, 595
455
712 1,029 1,401
320 1,115
1,931 1,975 1,803
215
2,653
479
!,'I1
570 . 527 847 815
503 739
867 843 839
1 !
175 181 131
! 577 515. 530
'.I 1,780 1,669 1J589
1,446 1,502 1,620
p 1,324 1,230 1,271
1,
575
514
524
i 2,104 2, 102 2,067'
j 320 317 29-6
598 673 866 189 421
1,754 1,420 1,252
495 2,087
277
554 666 775 187 416
1,772 1,543 1,218
516 2,063
302
494 597 762 113 . 411
1,846 1,471 1,185
470 1,977
350
506 634 7?3 100 458
1,709 1,637 1,176
433 1,977
288
GEo:actrA
_____6,183
Florida.-- - - - ---r- 285-
--6--,323404 -365,3546_
__
----
11 5,211
1~----211
5,272
____22
6
5,088 --22
9-
4,995 5,013 - 236_____206
4,832 ___ 255
.
4,8 76 206
Alaba~2
Hississippi Arka~sas .
Louisiana Texas 'lt>Jashington Oregon
Calif ornia .
2, 44o 1,715 2,234
273 2,032
252 1_15 11;160
2,468 1,717 2,286
267 2,123
222 163
1 , _218
2, 335 1,731 2,372
304 2,3 86
191 151
1,242
1 2,175 2, 068 .1, 911
i 1,346 1,292 : 1,284
I 2,044 2,009 1.,972
j
301 376 3.39
1,868 1, 827 1, 805
252 271 216
. !1
162 916
137 894
107 919
2,053 1;214 1,978
416 1, 874
220 113
836
1,921 1,283 2,062
379 1, 835
218 118
945
1,884 1, 258 2,019
402 1,877
178 120 93~
1,883 1,267 . 2, 007
340 1, 836 193
94
747
TUI'AL l957 TOTAL 1956
I
31,463
29, 262
31,802 29,634
. -- - -
32, 378
29,900
26,069 25,628 24,986 24, 906 24,873 24, 210' ,: 23,993 24,3 80 24,429 23,718 22, 279 21,932 22,013 22,364
1957 % 1956 \. :-
108
107
io8
107 105, 105
112 113 110 ), 107
Oct. Oct. Oct.
5
12
19
863
535 737 770 164 513 1, 740 1,503 1,17'6 488 2,059 286
874
535 546 744 144 425 1,627 1,398 1,105 442 2,068 344
884
508 664 754 106 425 1,787 1,285 999
353 2,039
284
4,838 4,826 4,927
221r-----~18~2~--~1~9=3--
2,001 1,323 1,899
378 1,828
179 87
965
1,978
1,315 1,922
392 1,962 ' 176
134 963
2, 020
1,234 1,996
359 1,946
147 80 810
24,560 24,102 23,800
22,063 21,830 20,663
111
110
115
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE
STATE DEPART MEN"\' bF AGRICUi..TURE
Athens, Georgia
0 T31 I
LII3RARIES
IJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG.,,I~T11E.NS, GA..
October 30, 1957
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA C~ll1ERCIAL AREAS
During the week ending October 26, commercial hatcheries placed 4,846,000 chicks
with the broiler. producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the
4,927,000 pl?ced .the "previous week and is 4 'percent more than the 4,680,000
placed the same week last year.
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,274,000 compared with 6,356,000 the
previous week and is 3" percent more than the 6,109,000 for the correspoi}ding .week
:last year.
'
. ~atcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an aver?ge
pf 70 cents per dozen . Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at $11.50 per hundred. These prices are the same as for last week and compare with 68 cents and $11.75 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to Georgia
produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise.
vleighted average prices from the Federal..State Harket News Servtce for broilers
during the week ending October 26 are as follo\vs: North Georgia broilers 3 -
3 3/4 pounds, at farms 16.56; FOB plants 17.1+6.
.
(See reverse sid.e for other states)
GEORGIA - CHIGK PLAC~~T BY WEEKS
PERIOD AUGUST 24 nlROUGH OCTOBER 26,1957
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' Date
Eggs
Chicks Hatched 1/ Inshipmentsl Total Placed
l EWnde~enkg
i f
Set
\ 1956 : 1957
Placed in Georgia of Chicks ! on Farms
1956_ : 1957. 1956: 1957.! 1956: 1957
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Ii i~ H!! Aug. 24
Aug. 31 Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept . 21 i
4,098 4,111 3,860 3,837 3,904
4,577 4,614 4,538 4,493 4;346
Sept. 28
I)"
Hi Oct. .5
Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 11
ml~ 4,027 4,038 4,184 4,032 I. 4,134
h,390 4,418 4, .352 4,482 4,339
: '
702 610 4,800 5,272 539 474 4,650 5,088 6L~o 457 4,500 4,995 653 520 4,490 5,013 646 486 "1 4,550 4,832 573 486 l 4,600 4,876 492 420 1 4,530 4,838 5.16 . 474 l 4,700 4,826
l 518 445 1 4,550 L~, 927
546 507 4,680 4, 846
.~/!Exclusive of hatchings shipped into Stat;-;t;id~f Georgia.
ARCHIE LANGLEY
W. A. 1rlAGNER
Agr~cultural Siatistician, In Charge
Agricultural S~atistician
.,.. EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLAeED IN COMMERCI~L lu'i.EAS:; BX WEEKS :_ 195~
Page 2
Week Ending
BTATE
Oct. 12
Oct. 26
1.1, Aug.
Aug. Sept. Sept. ~ Sept. Sept.
O.::t.
11 24
. 31
1 ~ 14 1 21
28
5
--~-1:-~-~e-e~-t_;_i_c.,u-t.----l'-1-,-;~;-9-.:_s_~-,-;-i-;_o_u_s:~~-~-~--_--~+---~;l,~gj --~-~-~-CHIC;tPLRC;l- THOU~DS 863
535
t~-~
~!~~~~~gL!ia
~~~~~~~~~
::11 ::111 ::111
1,~~~. 1,~~ 1, ~t~
::~~! ::~!~ ::~~l
i:l! i:l i;~! i;~ i:l!l i:l 737
710
164
513
::~~! ::~!! ::~;1 ::~~~ ::!!~ ::~~~ II 1,740
II 1,~~4
1,~~t
1,~~~
1,~~~ 1,t~g
1,tj~
1,503 1,176
488
2,059
!i
286 4,838
i 2 2 b F1~cr--:-i-da-----+--..,.,;.-=34,_..,._4 ____35-=-4----3.,.....,8=9---- l
--.2=2=9--......,2=3,_,..6---,.2~--..n25....,5~--2=o,....6--
228
!I A1ab~na
i;468 2,335 2,259
2,068 1,911 2,053 1,921 1,884 1,883 2,001
Eississi:i)p;t.
1, 717 1, 731 1,840
U 1,292 1,284 1,214 1,283 1,258 1,267 1,323
Arkansas ..
2,-286 2,372 2,372
!l 2,009 1,972 1,978 2,062 2,019 2,007 1,899
Louisiana
267
304
374
H 376
339
416
379 402
340
378
Texas
2,123 2,386 2,428
i1 1,827 1,805 1,874 1,335 1,877 1,836 1,828
~-~ashi::1gton .
.222
191
281
i i 271
216
220
218 178
193
179
Oregon ~ CaJ.iforn:L'a
163
151
173
1,218 1,242 1,293
:\jl'1
137 894
107 919
113 836
118 120
945 932
94 747
87
965
TOTAL 1957 TOTAL 1956
31, 802 32,378 33,202 29,634 29,900 30,254
i! 25,628
ll j /1 124,429
24,986 23,718
24,906
22~279
24,873 24,210 21,932 22,013
23,993 22,364
24,560 22,063
1957 %1956
107
108
110
l l1 105
105
112
113 110
107
111
\!
Oct.
Oct.
12
19
874
535
546
744
144 425 1,627 1,398 1,105 442 2,068
344
4,826
182 1,978 1,315 1,922
392 1,962
176
134 963
884
508 664
754 106
425
1, 787 1,285
999
353
2,039 284
4,927
193
2,020 1,234 1,996
359
1,946 147 80 810
24,102 23,800
21,830 . 20,663
110
115
Oct . 26
974
503 614 851
118 366 1,630 1,446 1,130 336 1,930 334 4,846 157 1,920 1,200 1,962 268 1,599 170
75 821
23,256
20,943
111
!JN~~TATES - GENE~..Q~ REPORT_A_.~..liQ~EJi 1! ,19~7.
Cool wet weather stalled October harvest of late crops in many, a!eas but failed to
cut expected total overall output. The 1957 outcome is still expected to equal any
previous year.
Cotton has suffered important late season damage with the estimated crop .of 11.8
million bales down 5 percent from a month ago. Average yields on the reduced. 1957
acr eage now look not quite equal to the 1955 record after sizeable losses _fiom rain
damage floods and freezes. Weather damage also contributed to lower est~mates for peanut~, dry beans and some fruits. Increases over last month are estimated for corn, sorghum grain, soybeans, rice, fall po't;atoes, tobacco, sugar beets, sweet.
potatoes and apples. .
Corn .and .sorghum grain need some stretches of drying weather in many sections 'to r eady them for safe storage but given that help,promise even . h~gher outturn than
formerly expected. The 3.3 billion bushel corn crop is third largest of record
with a new National recDrd. yield per acre ~ndely supported in the Western Corn Belt r
The sorghum grain crop of 527 million bushels moved up 2 percent in October to an
all time peak. A much larger part of both corn and sorghum grain was still in the field on November 1 than last year or usual. Iowa corn was still three~fourths '\IDpicked, IVJinnesota and Nebraska about four-fifths, and Hissouri and Kansas about half. Sorghum grain was still about three-fourths unharvested. Counting the large
corn cr.op and record out-put of sorghum grain with the average oats crop and large
barley crop already in bins gives a feed grain total of nearly 140 million tons, 4 percent larger than the old champion 1948 and 8 percent mor~ than produced last
year.
CORN: The production of all corn is forecast at 3,333 million bushels, up 1 pereentfrorn a month ago, and 7 percent above average but 3 percent below 1956. Of the all corn production, 2,975 million bushels are expected to be harvested for grain. The all corn yield at 46.1 bushels per acre is slightly above the previous record last year and greatly exceeds the average of 37.8 bushels. October weather
was generally wet but frosts in central areas were later than usual and most late
plant ed. corn reached maturity. However, wet fields and high moisture content of
ears have caused a late harvest.
PEANUTS: Based on November 1 conditions, the production of peanuts for picking and
threshin:g is estimate.d at 1,504 million pounds, down 2 percent from the October 1
for ecast. Rainfall was a problem in the Southeast and Southwest areas during the
month, hampering harvesting operations and causing further losses in production.
Losses were greatest in th.ose Stat-es where sizeable quantities of peanuts were on
the ground when the rains hit.
In the Southeastern area, late September rains continued into early October and ~dded to the uncertainty of the crop. Clearing weather beginning the second week in October enabled some light digging to start, but cloudy weather and high humi~~
ity retarded the drying out of the crop and mechanical driers were used where -. available. Shattering and losses in ~nndrows were fairly heavy, particularly in
Alabama where many of the nuts dropped off the ' vines when picked up for combining.
~S: The Nationfs pecan crop is estimated at 121,550,000 pounds, 30 percent
less than last year and 12 percent below average. Expected production of improved yarieties continued to decline as the harvest s~ason approached .and the current
estimateof 33,400,000 pounds is l ess than one-third of last year and only a little
over half of average . In contrast, . production of . wild and seedling varieties,
estimated at 88,150,000 pounds, is 31 percent .larger than last year and 17 percent above average. The esti~Ates of the total crop, for five out of the 11 States for
which estimates are made, are smaller than a month earlier. Howaver, Texas pros-.
pects have improved markedly since October 1 and Oklahoma expects a little larger .
crop. These two States had favorable moisture conditions the past month. No charige in prospects are indicated for Arkansas, New Nexico and North and South Carolina. . .
~~: Pastures continued to improve during October and on November 1 were in the
best condition for the country as a whole since 1950. Condition was 82 percent of normal on November 1, canpared with 80 percen:t on October 1 and o~ly 58 percent on
November l last year. Farm pastures showed some gain in October when normally a
small seasonal decline in condition may be expected, October precipitation and
favorable weather improved pasture feed iri most sections of the country, and par...
ticularly in the NOrth Atlantic States and the West. Winter grasses ahd fall seed~d grains are, providing ~enerally good grazing in the central and southern Great Plains
ITCCIE
AGRICULTtiRAI.. EXTENSION SF.'.RVIc'i::
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE S:f'ATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRI(':UI..TURE
/lthens, Georgia
s. l!.
PARTMENT OF AGRIC~LTURE
. AG P.ICIJLT UR AL MARKETING .SERVICE
31 9 EX 'rENSION BI..OG., ATHENS, GA.
November 1, 19.57
.. :
., '
GRAI N ;::oCKS - ocTOBER 1, 195?
G:DORGr.: Stocks of old corn in 'all storage positions ori October 1 totaled
, . 2,118,000 bus11eiS:' This is a decrease of h.5 percent from t lle 3, C3S,ooo ..
bushels on hand a year ago and 19 percent below t .e 10-year 19h6-5.5 c.verage lwldings of 2,602,000 bushds. Oats in all storage positions on October 1 totaled 8, 154., 000 busLels, a drop of~percent from t.r,.e ll, 80?, 000 bushels in storage a y13ar ago. The poor quality of the OCJ.t crop t his year accounts for part of the d(:lcline in oat stocks. \Jbea t and rye stocl~s are do;.m, when compared uith October 1 stocks a year earlier -- --
-------------------- GEORGIJ.. GRAIN ~~TOCKS - OCTOBJ:.;R l, 19) 7 ~JI'l':: COLPARISON[.
GRAHl
'Li:.L i..)OSITIONS
19.56. . . 1957
Corn,-(1,000 bu.)
Oat.s,(l,OOO bu.) Barley,(l,OOO bu.)
SorghUJn Grain, (1)000 bu.) vlheat, (1,000 bu. R~e, (1:, 000 bu.)
3, 7.50 .
7,430 1Lt4
18
706 lOS
2,077 5 , 1 79
16.5 16
5.5.5 7.5
19.56
'8.5
4,377 18
-
l~llO
9
1 9.57
l 9S6
41 2,975
54 1
624
4
3,835 11, 807
162 18
1, 816 114
19.57
2,118 8,154
219
17
1,179 79
UNITED .::..TATE~: Stocks of corn and barley in all po sitions on Octobe r 1 reached new record ni gh levels for t hat date and sorghum grain stocks pusi:ed
to a near record level. Corn stocks o.f 1,357 million bushels and barley stocks of 464 million bushels exceeded t he previous r e cords by 16 and 14 p>rcent, respectively. St.ocks of sorghum grain 'i'lere only 1 percent less t i an tlle record stocks of a y~ar earlier and whe at stocks 11 percent less than the prev-ious ye ar 1 s record holdings. 0tocks of f ee d <> re.ins ---c orn, oats, barley and sorg Lum grain---add to a total of 70.3 mil:Lion tons--t,1e largest of recorc. and coHpe r es w1:t h 61.1 million tons a year earlier and the record holdings of 62.1 million tonsoctober 1, 19.5.5.
' . ~
~tocks of 1,.599 million bus i:els of wo.e C~ t stored in all positions on C. ctober 1 were tJ:le smallest since 19.53 but still t i..e fourth large st of record. The total is significantly smaJ_ler t .1an t he record stocks of a ye "'r earlier .but more than a fift i1 larger t ,an .,average. 'L e stocks total is three-fourths larger than t he 19.57. production, reflecting t.~e large carry-over of old wheat on J uly 1.
R;ie stocks of . 29.6 mi1lion bushels stored i n all positions on. O'ctober 1 we're ~. per~t above a year earlier and 30 per cent above t l:J.e 1946-.5.5 average. Off -farm ... .. ... .
stocks of 14. 2 milb.on bushels were 10 percent belovl October 1, .19.56 <md v:e:re .!the
smalle::t .since 19..53.
. ..
,
O+d corn in all storage positions of 1,..3.57 million bus ~1els on .October Lwer-e the
l9-rg est s~ocks of record for that date. They were 16 percent_ l~rger.. than:.the pre- .
vious hirh in 19.56 . This r epresents t he fifth conse cutive yec-.r carry.-over of-old , . .
corn has increased. Stocks on farms of ~16 million bushels were.:39 c.percent larg:er -.:
than a year earlier and highe :::.t for October since 19.50, altlwugh well below record
level.
.; . :
Oats 'stocks of 1,184 million busl::els on Octobr::r 1, were 1.1 percent larger t ll an a
year: earlier but smaller t !lan for t he s ame date t !,e t1-vo pre ceding years . Farm stocks
of 1,079 million bushels were 17 percent l ar ger t han a year earlier. btocks off-
farm were 18 percent below October 1, 1956, and smallest f or the date in four years.
0tocks of barley on October 1 were a r ecord 463.7 million busiels and were 19 percent larger t ..an t ;!e 38D. 9 million busHels on ; and a year earlier. 'l'de previous :record was t 11e October 1, 19.5.5, stocks of 405. 8 million bus ~~e ls. October 1 stocks
,-.....Jere record large in all but the t err.unal storap-e positions.
(Over)
UNITED 6l'ATL~
GRAI N S'l.'OCKS
-
OCTOBER ,,
1,
1957,
..
vJIT Ti
COlPARI00NS
(in thousand bushels) ----:- ------ -- ---- -:-oct: I xv:: -o-ct: I-: -July I -- : -o-ct:l-
- __ ~ 2r~i~ . ~n~ ~o~i!i~n- ___ :_ !9~6~52 _ ~ _ !9z6__ ~ _ !927___ ~ _ !9~7-
w-JEAT On Farms 1/ Terminals -2/
507,425 27 8,460
417,276 467,254
59,540
~ 13,481
388,390 412,237
___ Commodity Gredit Corp. 3/
34,194
~n!. ~i!l~,~l~v-=-&~r.~e~!7~/~.. _ ~8.z,.zl~
134,362
91,010
82,883
l7~,~6! ___4~4-t3~6- __ 1l2,3P1
______ !O!A~ _________l_t3~7.t722_ _lL727.t323_ __ zo~,]5l __l.t528.t6!3
RYE On F'arms 1/
12,065
12,601
2,066
15,373
Terminals -2/
5,924
10,517
2,023
7,684
:Commodity Credit Corp. 3/
331
225
149
25
__!n!. ~ii!li, ~l~v:..~~L~e~-!7~/- __ ~,~4~ ___ ~,_28_2 ____2-t4!6____ ~,20~ -
____ :._ _ !_O!Af __________ ~2L7~8- __ ~8L3~8~ ___ ~,~5~ ___ ~9L5~4
CORN On Farms 1/
317,034 300,095 1,118,383
416,276
Terminals 2/
17,443
64,13h
149,264
115,856
Commodity Credit corp. 3/ 229,246 599,768
406,164
514,023
_!n_!:.~!l~,~l~v.!&~h~e~. I/4/ _ _5~,_20] __ ~Ol:,~9~ ___2~8_t9_~9___ ]1~,~91
______ !O!Af __________6!8L6~7- _1Ll~5L4.25_ ~ !, 26~,~0 __1L326.t622
On Farms 1/
1,061,048 923,394
191,840 1,079,183
Terminals -2/
27,309
38,424
12,066
25,420
: Commodity Credit Corp. 3/
2,454
6,881
2,079
2,277
_!n!.~i!l~,~l~v:..f,~h~e~. 174/ __5~,~42 __ _8~,26~ ___ 12-t527:... ___71,!82
TOTAL
1,148,856 1,051,261
238,542 1,184,069
BA'R.LEY On Farms 1/
Terminals 2/
180,409 24,729
225,013 51,4h7
41,546 31,252
272,305 44,855
Commodity Tiredit Corp. 3/
1,561
1,983
4,082
4,615
_!n_!:. tli!l~, ~l~v.!~c~h~e~. 174/ __72,~1~ __ !1Q,~4~ ___ ~9L8]0_ __ l:4!,252 .
-------TO-TA-L.----------2-82-,5-11---3-88-,8-89----12-6,-71-0 ---4-63-,7-30
spYBEAN6 On Farms 1/
'
Terminals 2/""""
2,464 746
1,995 369
36,805 5,583
3,657
3,539
Commodity Credit Corp. 3/
166
0
74
0
frocessing Plants 6/-
834
291
18,724
1,493
252 ___ _!n_!: .._1i~l~,!:l~v:_(~h~e~. 1/4/ ___
3:,7~ ___ ~6-tl9____ 3:,~43:
______ !_O!A~ ___________4L7~3- __ _3L7]l_ __ _8l,~92 ___ _9L9]0
00RGHUI'i On Farms 1/
2/
5,178
5,553
8,606
3,412
GRAIN Terminals -2/
6,976 23,755
19,922
18,806
Comrnodity Credit Corp. 3/
1,036
6
8
20
_
_
__-I_n-t_.-i:1!iOl['lAs!:,:.E__le_v__._q_J_h-s_e:s_. -_-1-g/4_/-_-31.72L,129:!4o_-_-_-
52,062
70,462
58,402
_11..31"6_-_-_-_9.-;29.______-_oJ..""b}iB
1/ Estimates of the Crop Reporting Board.
2/ Commercial stocks reported by Grain Division> A11'iS, at 45 terminal cities. 3/ Owned by CCC and stored in bins or other storage s owned or controlled by CCC;
other CCC-owned grain is included in the estimates by positions.
4/ All off-farm storages not otherwise designated, including merchant mills ~~ 1947-55 average . ~Y Firms reporting crushings and stocks of soybeans to the Bureau of the Census.
AR.cr.n:E LANC,' LEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
HAY}10ND R. Jif\N'COCK Agricultural Statistic,ia~
AGRICULTURAL EXTENliON SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORG :A AND THE
STATE DEPARTMENT o,:: AGRICULTURE
Athens, Geoi'gia
l 0'' If
0 , ~U RSI.
EPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
XTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA.
November 4, 19.57
FARM PRICE REPORT AS OF OCTOBER 1.54 12$7
GEORGIA: The All Commodity .lndex of Prices. Received by. Georgia farmers for the month ended October 15, 1957, was 237 percent of the January 1910-
December 1911+ average. This was a decline of 13 points (5 percent) from the previous month but only 6 points (2 percent) below the October 15, 1956 index of 243. - ~ower prices for corn, cotton, cottonseed, hog~, chickens, and peanuts all contributed heavily to the decline. This is the lowest the All Commodity indeJc has been since January 15, 1950, when it was 232o
The Ail Crops component of the index was 248 on October 15. This was a decline
of 14 points (5 percent) from the previous month and the October 15, 1956 level
. of 262. .
.
The Livestock and Livestock Products index for the month ended October 15, 1957 declined 9 points (4 percent) from the September 15 inctex of 221 but is up 11
points (5 percent) from the October 15, 1956 index of 201.
UNITED STATES: The Index of Prices Received by Farmers dropped 5 points ( 2
percent) during the month ended in mid-October the Crop Reporting Board . announced today. Lower prices for most rneat animals, oranges, corn, and cotton were primarily responsible for the decline. Partially offsetting were higher prices for dairy products and eggs. The October Index at 240 percent of , its 1910-14 average '.Jas 3 percent above a year earlier.
The Index of Prices Paid for Commodities and Services, including Interest, Taxes,
and Farm Wage Rates was 296 on October 15, the same as in mid-September and 3
percent higher than a year earlier. Prices paid for family living items declined slightly during the month, but prices paid for production goods were unchanged. The farm wage index advance i . 2 percent to a new alJ.,-time high.
With the . Inde~ ~f Prices :Received by Farmers off moderately and the Index of Prices Paid including Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates steady, the October Parity
Ratio dropped 2 poir.ts under mid-September to 81,
. .
. S~~y Table for the United States
.
- - - Inde~e-; - ~ -:Oct0be; 15: -;S;pte;b;r-15,-:0ctobe; l5: 7- -R;c~rd hiEh--
---------------------------------------- 1910. - 14=100 : 1956
Prices~ Received
234
: 1957
: 1957
245 :'
240
: -Index- : Date-- 313 Feb. 1951
Parity Index ll. ?i 288 .
296
296
296 2/Apr.l957
Parity Ratio
?/ 81
83
81
123 Oct. 1946
ll Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates basedcon data for the indicated
dates. ~/Revised. )./ Also May,. June, September, and october 1957.
.. ' . ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
RAYMOND R. HANCOCK Agricultural Statistician
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.ihaat 1 Bu. Corn,_ Bu. ..
~ L...: .~p i
I
1_. I->13 .,i-
, . 9 1 . .
i. Oats,~:. ' ., . _:,:_:.: $
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Cwt .
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Sv~e;3 t Pot~ , cwt .: :. $ -!:
1.13 . 84
Cot to~ 1 Lb
12.1
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1 96 ow
1
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. 1.15 . 1
. 85
5.10 32.4
1 a4 i o ' )
1'.25 !
.87
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1 97 o
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1.18 . ;.
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2.e5 5.10
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5.00 ,,.. Z9.9
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.64 . li 1.19
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.69 .,
,-1 .70 - ~ ,. 1.34
l. 90
l. 92
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r . 603" t: ' :.: - ~ 1:; 12 q
1 . 70 i ..l .:58
r r .88 1' . 3.52 2,98 II ..3...2.7
12.1
2"1.9 1 32. 97 1 32. 33
Cottonseed, Ton
23.65
46. 00
21.~0
54.00 25.10
48.00 ,,
:?.4.20 i:
.! _22. 55
. 54.10
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53:2o : .i!
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21.50
1 8-~2o . 1.~ :.1.3: oo
Hogs, por Cvrt.
Beef Ca.btlC;,; , C,,rt;, l:i 1k Cci,i s~ Ho8 ,1
;t . 7.36
I
t- -) 3 . 96
-~-~>,J 33. 85
15.30
19.50
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l l..70 l .. \3.)5 ~ 3 .40 ~;
n o .oo
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7.27
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15.50 I 19.I0 . i.
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j,. , 16: :~
5.42. . 15~ 3o 1 17.7_0 ; 17 ~ 3D
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48.00 : 1ss:oo j i n.oo 172.00
Chickens, .Au, Ib. 'I
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Putt erf.a.tl Lb . . . <?!i
13.3 21.4 25.1;3
17.1
H 113.0 i 11.5
!i 47. 2 ~- , :. ~7.4 ::ir_ 4~.7
51.0 ; . .51.0 .; 51.0 ij
u.4 l1s.n ! 17.~ : .1 . 1~5~i{
.
I
21.5 , 3B.1 1 40.Q . 4300
I. I ! 26 . :3
:59 .3
1
59.0 s9:i
l i; ' J.Iilpk~r
(
who1 <f 100#
Sl~J~.::_)_.
.1; :~ .
I
2.13 : . 6.10. : .;_. 6.00 . ; . 6; J O
'
1.60.."!)
'l4:4g :
4.40 I" 4.50
Soyb eans, Bu.
I j
2.10
2.25 2.25
1
J.JTa:Jriuts,. Lb. .
~ !
;;",2_
10 .8 ' .. 10.5 1 0 .~ .t
4, g
~;,:,:;:;~;~a':;;~ f;;:. O~t:~b;~ i957"'~. ~.
,, ~ ..... -~--; .,_,. . ......; ---" - - ..
l i 2.07 [ 3.13 : : 2.04.
~. 11.6 j 10,5 . ! . 9.93
~-- . ~ - } I . ..
__; .. - --,:
--'"'"' -
-- -- ---.-:: : :.-:-::--:_-:--\- . ... .... : ~... . ,j:-: . "7- .~ -~-.:.~ ~.:.. ~~--- --:-_. --::. .. ~~ ~ .. -.. - . ~ : ....... ~ ~ :.::::.:::-.::.::- ___.. ---~--:-:..:- _ __:.
_; . :_ t,_- : ::.... . : : . \t
- - .. - - ~
IND~\ ..}'Ui.~Z.l~S OF ? ~1 IC:~S :- EC~IVED BY FA':C~ ;. Dr n.m~t;IA
= (Jru,ma~y . ],910 - Dacumbux- 1914 100 )
..-. . _, . . ,
Oct. 15, S.:.:pt.l5, Oct~ 15,
....._ .. '... ;.. .,
.. . 1956
. 1957 ' .. 1957 .
. . .. . ... -~
~- - ~ -..
i
i
All Cummodities All Srops
243
250
237
262
262
218 i
I
Grains and Hay
Cotton Lint 1-o::muts
! . 1.i. obecc.o
i
I
.. Cottons.::ed ~-J.n.c] Soyb., ens
Irish Fo t ato0 s tm.i &mt~tpot.J.tooa FTuits r:nd r1uts
... II
All Live stock PHd Livestock Fr('lducts ?::e'.t .linimnls
::-oultry end. :.:ggs
. ~ ,
I . . . D; i_ry. Products '
'j
142 2.68, 208 383 .
HH
281 166
201
240
146 244
148 274 .
202 370 224
264 149
221
296
~-~ 15'2
239
-- ..
-~~ ---
145" t
246 I
' l SS .. II , 370 I .
..
. ' ..
200 . j " -.
I 261
. 149
212 274
II .
: ; .
!. ' 147
242
~ .. '.
... ...
' .
__ .. _ .!' ~1'::: ~8 PAI
i-Aixe d Dn.iry Fee d All Uudc729,;- 2" l":>tein 16'1~ Frotein 1 8~ Prot e in
20~: Frot~in
24:'j Frotein
High ~ r<;>tein ~e~_ns :ottonseed Mt:; "cl Soybe rn:. i.vit.:::-1 i>le , t Scre.p
Gr c-.h1 L[:ro.~~~-~ Br rn i1iiddlings Corn !liec:1
Oct.
. G"'XF:;IA 15, Sep t.
. __ . 1 :-: , Oct.
.... 15,
;~~,..
.. UNIT;~!! o"ct."_1S .
s r ATJ'i.:S
Sept; .J.5,
b~.t.:- .i5'f~::- .
1 '1,56
1957
1957 II . . ' . ' %6 _. 'i . 1 ~ 57 ' . 1957' .
. . ; .. ... ..
. .. -
t . ' . ... . .. ...
..;;ou~s. l'".l' .lQO..Jounds
3.90 3.85 3.90 4.00 4.20
3.30 3.9::> 4. 95
3 . 30
3.60
3.4:0
3.90 3.85 4.')1 4.01")
4.~0
3.45 3 . .30 4 . 55
3.20 3. 40 3. 4 5
3.85
li
i;
3. 80 I,
4.00
;4 .00
I
i'
-1.30 'II
I
~ j
i' 3.40 I' 3. 80 ,i.~
4.55 l!
"
3.30
3. 45
3. Ll0
3 .71 3.6R
~ -65
3.88 3.99
3.78
35.. 8m7
2, tYj
3.03 3. 63
3.67 3.62 3.60 3. 86 4.00
3.77
3. ~ 2
4.85
2.75 2.86
3 .~3
3.63 3.57 3.58 3. 83 :~ . 9r-i
:_:>,. 72 3.85 4.84
2,68 2.79 3.27
~ oultry Feed
.:::roi1t~r }ro:rin~ E: sh J":1\Ying ~h.sh
Scr,..tch Gr nins
5.20 4,85 1L 30
!.!r:y ( B11 ed )
~f ~fR
.. ..t\.11 Oth.n.r. .
W,CO
.-11 ,po
.!./ A::._ ~-~lJO!'~:?.cl b_;r :<i'eell. I:eulers
.-..
- .r. . . - - . . . . #
-
. .. . -
- r , .,, _ ""= ~:.. :
5.00 4.80
<1.30
47.00
.. .3G..OQ. .
4.95 4.70
4.20
4.97 4.49 4.13
4.89 4.41 3.98
!
47.00 11 33.20
29.60
~6!_QO... - .!!_ ____;?~ ~.?.2__ ____3_?.: ~
4.8:~
4 .36
::\, 92
30.30 27. <';0
.
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Athens, Georgia
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 3,9 EXTENSION BL.DG., ATHENS, GA.
November 6, 1957
BROILER C'!ICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COflYtERCIAL LREf.[:;
During the week ending November 2, commercial hatcheries placed 4,882,000 chicks
with the broiler producers in Georgi~ commercial areas. This compares with the
4,846,000 placed the previous week and is 8 percent more than the 4,520,000
placed the same week last year.
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,261,000 compared with 6,274,000 the
previous week and is 5 percent more than t he 5,963,000 for the corresponding week
last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of 70 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was
reported at ~n1 . 15 per hundred. These prices compare with 70 cents and $11.50
for last week and with 65 cents and t.':.ll.50 one year ago. Egg prices shown re-
late to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise.
Weighted average prices from t he Federal-State Harket News .Service for broilers
during the week ending November 2 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 3 -
3 3/4 pounds, at farms 15. 33; FOB plants 16.22.
(bee reverce side for other states )
: ~.
GEORGIA C'UCK PLACEi''lENT BY WEEKS
... Date
.... Week
... ~nding
............ Aug. 31
.... ;..ept~ 7
... 0ept,l4
PERIOD AUGUf.T 31 T"-JROUGu NOVJ<iV(BER 2, 1957
Eggs
Chicks Hatcnea-v:-J.nshipments: Touu Placed
Set
Placed in Georgia of Chicks
on Farms
1956
1957
1956 1957
1956 : 1957 1956 : 1957
Tt ousands
Thousands
~usands Thousands
5, 719
5,746
5,923
6,430 6,430
6,386
4,111
3,860
3,837
4,614 4,538 4,493
539 474 :4,650 5,088 640 457 :1~., 500 4,995 653 520 :4,490 5,013
~ept .21 :: 6,001
... .::;ept.28 5,941
.. Oct. 5 6,223
6,293 6,497 6,183
3,904 4,027 4,038
4,346 4,390 4,418
646
: 573
492
486 :4,550 4,832 486 :4,600 4,876
420 :4,530 4,838
Oct. 12 : : 6,203
6,230
4,184 4,352 : 516 474 :4,700 4,826
Oct . 19 : : 5,9h9
6,356
4,032 4,482
518 445 :4,550 4,927
Oct. 26 : : 6,109
6,274
4,134 4,339 : 546 507 :4,680 4,846
Nov. 2 : : 5,963
6,261
4,051 4, 3L~O
469 542 a4,520 4,882
11 ~xclusive of hatchings ~hipped into states outside of Georgia.
ARCHIE LANGLEY '~ ricultural Stati stician, I n CharP-e
CARL 0. DOESC11J;_,"""'R
Ar ricultural Statistician
STATE
Maine
c..nnecticut
Pennsylvania
Ir~diana
Illinois Yri.SS"ll"i
Delaware
:Haryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
GEORGIA Florida
Al ab a m a V.li s s i s s i p p i Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washingtoo Oregcn
a
TOTAL 1957 TO!AL 1956
1957 % 1956
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PM!.iED IN C<HiERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1J57
p e 2
Week Ending
Qct.
Oct. Nov.
19
26
J
!
2
i
j
I
E'.GCE SET- niOUSANDS
I ~~..JaJ 7l2
1,267 1,294
686
724
.i 1,029 1,401
1,362 1,224 1,438 1,326
l
I
320 1,115
364
JoB
1,255 1,322
1,931 1,981 1,973
1,975 1,922 2,058
1,803 1, 768 1,838
215
245
255
2,653 2,728 2,634
479
503 . 463
6,356 6,274 6,261
354 2,335 1, 731 2,372
304 2,386
191 151
389 2,259 1,840
2,372
374 2,428
281
173 1 2
358 2,319 1,675 2,422 .
359 2,444
238
148 11
32,378 33,202 32,820
29,900 )0,254 29,779
108
110
llO
l [
AU. 31
::
Sept.
7
Sept.
14
Sept. j Sept.
21 ! 28
6$
5
i
CHICKS PLACED - momANDS
l 5l . ;ljq{l/ 73
599 ~
673
B)
866
1)1 189
5~
421
1,589 1, 754
,' 1,620 1,420 1,271 1,252
524 495
2,067 2,087
296 277
!: 5,02123-98 -4,-929356
u H
.
1,911 1,284
2,053 1,2:!.4
II 1,972 1,978 339 416
:: 1,805 1,874
216 220
li 107 113
n
919 24,986
836 24,906
II 23,718 22,279 105 112
H
881 554 Y>6
715
187 416 1,772 1,543 1,218 516 2,063 302
5,013
206 1,921 1,283 2,062
379 1, 835
218 118 945
24,873
21, 932
113
TT? 903 863 494 506 535
597 762
113 4ll 1,846
1,471 1,185
470 1,977
350
634 723 100 458 1,709 1,637 1,176
433 1,977
288
737 770 16k 513 1,740
1,503 1,176
488
2,059 286
4,832 4,876 4,838
255 1,884 1,258 2,019
402 1,877
178 120 932
24,210
2o6 1,883 1,267 2,007
340 1,836
193
94
747
23,993
228 2,001 1,32.3 1,899
3?8 1,828
179 87
965
24,560
22,013 22,364 22,o63
110 107 ill
Oct.
Oct.
Oct. . :!Nov.
12
19
26
2
874 535
546 744
144
425 1,627 1,398 1,105
442 2,o68
3:..4
884 508
664 754 106
haS
1,787 1,285
999 353 2,039 284
4,826 4,927
182 1,978 1,315 1,922
392
1,962 176 134 963
193 2,020
1,234 1,996
359 1,946
147
80
810
24,1~ 23,800
21,830 20,663
llO 115
974 503 614 857
liB
366 1,630 1,446 1,130
336 1,930
334
4,846
157 1,9201,200' 1,962 '
268 1,599
170
a~f
86o 548 688 ' 771 122
166
1,489 1,397 1,195
437 1,991
286
4,88!
182 2,051 1,273 1,880
241 1,&7
169
8~~
23,256 23,48) 2(>,943 21,403
lll
110
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION' SERVI CC: U N IVERS IT Y OF GE ORG IA AND TH E STAT E OEP.( RT ME NT OF A GR ICULTURE
Athens, . Georgia
. '
'U . S. DEPA RTMENT OF AGRICULTUR E
. AGRICIJ Ln :IRAL MA RKETI NG SERVIC E
3,19 EX T E.NSION E3L.OG..,, AT HEto:S; GA.
No~e ~b e. r .8~ 19 57
Cotton prospe cts for Georgia as of November 1 were ' for a production of 390,000 . ba~e s (50 0 po1,1nds gross w e ight) a s a nnounce d by the G e orgia Crop R e porting ~e rvice of the. United State s D e p a rtm e n t of Agricult ure. The. es tima t e wa s 25,000 oa!e s unde r indicat e d production a month earlie r and 189, 000 ba l es b elow the 579, 000 h a.rve ste d in 1956 . The cur.r e nt production. is the sma lle st crop since
1871 whe n 373, 000 b a l es w e r e h a rve sted.. Indi c a t e d yield p e r acr e on t he othe r
ha nd of 324 pounds ha s bee n exceede d only by the r e cord 1955 yield of 376 pounds ~nd the 1956 yield of 33 4 pounds p e r a cre.
-
-
Production in the no!"the rn districts of the Sta te will b e a bout 41 p e rc e nt below
las t year. The c entra l districts show a de cline of 33 percent a nd the southe rn
a r ea s ha v e the sma lle st d e cr ea s e wit~ 2 8 p e rc ent. T h e c e n t r a l a nd northe rn
di s tricts pla c ed a highe r p e rc ent a ge of the ir acr eage i n th e Soil Bank t~1an the
soutb.'e r n a r ea s.
F ollowinp, the he a vy r a i n s o S e pte mb e r 27 through Octob e r 5, the w e athe r h a s
been fa vorable for ha rve sting and by the la st of October picking wa s virtually
complete in south .G e or gia ar~1 a bout 90 p e rc e nt compl e t e in the no1the rn a r ea s~
The h eavy r a ins of l a t e Sept emb e r and ea rly O ctober lowe r e d the qua lity of. t he
crop tha t wa s sti ll in the fi d d a nd r e duc e d quantity to some exte nt . Da m a ge to
1 ,--... e~ d wa s proba bly gr eat e r t han to t he li n t . . This m a y c a us e a sca rcity of see d
.wr pla nting n ext year's crop.
The Bureau of Census r ep orte d 360, 000 running b a l e s ginne d to Nove mbe r 1 compa r ed with 530,000 to s a me da t e l a st year and 62 8, 000 in 1955.
CARL 0. DOESCHER Agricultural Statisticia n
ARCHIE LANGLEY . Agricultura l Sta tisticia n In Charge ..
. . '.
GEORGI A MAP SHCAr~ IUG I NDI CATED FRODUCTION 1957 AND FINAL PR ODUCTI ON FOR 1956 & 19.$5
\ 19 .57-2;,-~-~~ --;0~=~~T~;-L----- ~
1957 production indic a ted '..t>n
11995556--4SB1,, O0O0t~D:--~
!) '\.... r'
,/<; '-.__
s "''-...._ I
I(- -
~ I
( 1957-,19 ..000
III \
Nove mbe r 1. STATE
1957 - 390, 000
R OME 11956-36,000 11 1955-56 000
\ .
EL_~y!s.RT ON .
1956 - 57.9,000 1955- 701,000
)
' A THE:NS
1 9 5'1~~ ~. 000
\
\
(
.
,
_
_- _~1)A,T--L-A-.N) T""A""'
/,..\/f'----.._.
1
1
9
9
56~,
~ ?.:_~1).
000000
?:P~ip.sotrritcitnsg.sDhoiswtnria~trse ~CnrdopNO T
/ _ ) \..__
~--- IV
1957- 4 2.; 000 /~
' - V
";
"-....'\.. Con g re s swnal D1stncts.
( ..~
\
\ VI
'--\
1956-67, 000 (
19 55-80,000 ~
~ .
l
\
\ \ ."\ AUGUST-'\'"---
(. 1957-70, oo o\
(__ MAC ON
{ 19 56 -94 , 000 \
.L
(_ 19 5 5 -98, ooo \
C OLU M BUS \_,i 1957- 69,000 I l
~
. \
I \ ..- \ / .---)'-
~--l l 9 56- 10 9 J 0 0 0
......__r---.(1I
L19 55-130, 0 0 0
~----- - - -...._,
I
~ -
'--'
\ ~
----~\. _,./ //~"v---fi
.~
/
/
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'
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H
I
J
IX
~.,_..::-
/
VII
/
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t'
VIII
\)\
,.,/
( '-~.';
A L BArfY
1957-13,000 :;
----+) 1957-56,000\
1957- 75,000 1956-108,000
~ (
1956-16,000 c
1955-1 8,000 }\_)
1956-75,000\ 1955-113,000 \ ,
\
1955-87,0-0-0-1:..~-~DOSTA\ ~lO..J
. .
. ...
U~TITED S~ATES - CarTON RLPOO.T. AS OF NQ_VE:tvffiF.R ],., 1957
The Crop Reporting .B.oard of the Agricultural .iliarketing Service makes the following '~ report from data furnished by c::-op correspondents, field statistici ans, Bureau of the Census, Co!nrriodity Stabili:Btion Service , and cooperating State agencies o 'fhe .final outturn of cotton compared wlth this fprecast will depend upon whether the yarious influences affecting the crop during the remainder of the season are mare or less favorable than usualo
LINT YILLD PER
PIWDUCTION 2/
..
:ACREAGE : HJIR.VLSTED ACRE
500-lb2 Gross 1,/t,-Bales
=- - ..- - -- - - -- - - - - - -- .:_ - - - - - -- - - - STATL
1.: . ;~~T :-i946..S5~ -- -71957-~-1946--55-=----- --;- --19$7--
! ;].957 1;; Average: 1956 : indict Average : 1956 .
Indicated..
N-.-c~~-o-l-in-a--r--:---Arl-,-h3c-or5-eu-s5s-.-:-1; '---3-F2o-u0n-ds~39-1--~325_;i_l
Thousand Bales
449
359
240
S. Carolina
Gi~eo~r:g:iaee
500 . 305
~L6578 1 I
2~6~4~
360
3~3~4~
331
647
I 324
679
579
~&~ I' 891
513
579
552
750
345 ' 390 450 5.35
Mississippi
1,350 ' 363
483 459 1.~702
1~609
1,290
Missouri
Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas
I 307
384
I 1,135 I 360
455
357
I 575
170
5,925
208
586 336 385
500 491 1,444
496 417
606
175 242
374
280 316 3,742
448
1.'1426
581
261
3,615
215
1,160
395 .. 290
3,900
N., Mexico Arizona California other
States 2./
I 181
350 1
716 i
441
551
797 663
253
718 1,108 1, 097
620
683
924 1,006 1,249
295 341 309
49
301 829 1,446
. 250 800
1,500
28
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_E_g_yp_t_._~_~ I 1 I UlUTED STATES
I
13,686
300
409 413 13,669
13,310
11,788
Amero
_ __,__ _8_1-o0...1..__4_0_ 8 _ 583--51-2 -36 o8 ---5-0-"3_ _ _ _86_._5_
lf September 1 estimate. 3._/ Production ginned and to be ginnedo A 500-lb .. bale
2./ c;:ontaine about 480 net pounds of lint.
Virginia, Florida, Illinois, Kansas,
Kentucky, and Nevada. 4/ Included in State and United States totalso Grown in
Texas, New Mexico, Arizom, and Calii'arniao
CROP RLPORTING BOARD
G-a.-
H.P rt croJ
~:,jg CGIE((J)~GllA CC~OlP
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AGRICULTUR A. L EXTE"'SI ON SERVICE . UNIVERSIT Y OF GEORGIA AND THE:
STATE DEPa R7r ME NT OF AGRICULTURE
Athens, Georgia
BROILER 9HICK ' REPORT FOR G ORGIA COMMERCIAL ARh~S
During the week ending November 9 commercial hatcheries placed 5,09:,000 chicks
wit.h the broiler producers in Georgia co:mmercial areas o This compares with the
4,:; 882;;000 placed the previous week and is 16 percent more than the 4,400,000 placed
the same week last y~aro . ,.
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted . to ' 6,?223;000 compared w:Lth 6s26l,OOO th~
previous week and is 3 percent more than the 6,060,000 for the corresponding week
last ye:aro
f{atcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average.
of 71 cents per .dozen,. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at $12 p00 per hundreu o Th,ese .prices compare with 70 .cent.s and $11.75 .
fol;' last week and with 64 cent s and $110 25 one year ago. Egg prices shovtn relate to GeQrgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwiseo <'
Ueighted average prices from the Federal..,.State Market News Service for 'br:oilers " during the week :ending November 9 are as follows: North Georgia broilers . 3 -
3 3/4 pounds, at farms 15.45; FOB plants 16o45.o
(See reverse side for other states)
. GEORGIA CHICK PLAC1MENT BY \rJEEKS -PERIOD SEFTLHBE.R' 7 THROUGH NOVEMBER 9, . 1957'
Date
Eggs
Chicks Hatched ll Ir;tshipments ,
Total Placed
Week '
set.
Ending~
195'6 : 1957
.. Placed in Georgia . of Chicks
1956
1957
1956 a 1957
_on Farms 1956 : . 1957
,. ' Thousands
'0
'
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Sept. 7 5,746 6,430
3,860
4,538
640 457
. ~' 500 4,995'
Septo i4 5,923 - 6,386
3,837
4,493'
653 520
4;490 5,013
Septo 21 6;001 6,293
3, 904 . 4,346
646 486
4,550 4,832
Septo 28 5,941 6,497
4,027
4,390
573 486
4,600 4, 876.
Oct. 5 6,223 6,183
4,038
4,418
492 ; 420
4lf530 4,.838
Get~ l2 6,203 0 6,230
4,184
4,352 : 516 474
4,700 4,'826 ,.
Get. 19 5,949 ~ 6,356
4,032 .. 4~482 . 0 518 445
4,550 . 4,927
Oct. 2'6 6,109 6,274
4,134 0 4;339 : 546 507
4., 680 4,846
~ov.
Nov.
2.. 5,963 6,261 0
9
6,060 6,223
.. .
4,051 4,026
,4,340
469
4 422 , . '
374
542 669 '' '
Exclu. .sive
of .hatchings
shipped
(
into' states
outside
of
Georg.J.' .ao
4,520 4,400
4,882 . 5,.091
. ARCHIE LANGLEY A. gricult.Ural Statistician: In Ch~ge.
.
'
WILLIAH A. vlAG~
Agr:i,cul_tural Statistician :
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--
EGGS SET AND CHI CKS PLACED m COMME..ttGIAL APEAs; BY -~lEEK'S - 1957 -
\llleek Ending
STATE
' i
. -
N~o-v_.__,__N_o_v_. ~ Oc2t6o.. - ,:__: __
_ _...__ _ Sept,; '
9
7
----
_ _ _ __:_~ --. - - - -
.it.'S.e14p
tc: .
-l~ I S.epto. j Septo Octo
21 1 28
Q .
.-~ - -- ---
Octo 12
Oct~
19
; ~ . . - - ----...... _ _.i.-+-_.. -~ -------.... .. .
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. -c:7 [~ -9~';- - -a~~ EGGS SET TI10USANDS __ -
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Mo.ine Con.ne c +. i cut Perm sy1vania Indiana Illinois ~J.:i ::: souri Delaware
1,267 686
1,362 1,438
364 "1,255 1,981
1,294 724
1,224 1,326
30 8 1,322 1,973
1,235 698 988
1,311 319
1,265 2,111
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Maryland Vi r g i n i a We st 7ir ginia
1,922 1, '768
245
2,058 1,838
255
1,971 1, 770
280
1!:; .. :; 1,420
1
1,543 1,471 . 1,637 . 1,W3
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1\o rth Carolina :louth Carolina
2~ 728 503
2,634 4J3
2,658 497
H 2~~~;.
2,063
302
1,977 1,977 2,059
31 .8
313
. 286
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"li'1or i da Al abama l' ii s s i s s i p p i Ar kansas Louis;i..ana Texas
6 s 2 74
i;~3!8~9
2,372
2,~;:
6, 2_6.;..;.1__ __;6'-"---2_2...;;..3__ _ _-+,..:. 4. 99 5
i:~3~5~8 -~:4~1~~0
11. i-:' 2~~36!
2,422 2,357
2,~!! 2,;!~
1,9-78
~~ 1,:;:
5,013
20 6 1,921 1,283 2,062
379 1,8 35
4,832
255 1,884 1,258 2,019
402 1,877
4, 87S
1,883 1,267 2,007
340 1,836
4,838
225
2,001 1, 323 1,899
378 1,828
'"ra s.hir,g ton Oregon
281
238
287
173
148
177
l1 220
113
218
178
193
179
118
12 0 ' .. . 9"4 . 87
Ca J;ifornia
1:o293
1,177 . 1,101
H 836
945
932 - 747
965
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TOTAL 195 7
33 , 202
32,820 .,32. ,255
H24, 906 ; ~
24,873 24,193 24,016 24, 560
30 ,254
29 ,779 30, 444
!12 2, 2 79
21, 932" 22, 013 22,364 . 22,C63
J!l
1,398
1,~~~
2,868
344 4,826
182 1, 978 1, 315 1,922
392 1,962
176 134
963
24,102
21,830
884 521 664 754 10 6 425 1, 787 1,285 999 353 2,039 284 4.927
193 2,020 1,234 1,996
359 1,946
147 80
810
23,813
20,663
19 57 %l9GS
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Novo 2
Novo 9
974 f03 614 857
118
366 1,6W 1,446 1,130
336 1,930
334 4.846
157 1,920 lr200 1,962
268 1,599
170 75
821
860 548 688 771 124 456 1,489 1, 397 1,195 437 1,991 286
4~882
182 2,051 1,273 1,880
241 1,627
169
82
856
983 429 746 876 131 483 l t 636 1,399
1,~~149
361 2,002
320 5.09]
201 2,027 1,338 1, 932
243 1,619
153 8V
925
23,256 23,483
20 ,943 21,403
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AG R IC UL..T!JRA !.. EXTENSION SERVIC E
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGI A AND THE .
STA1E DEPAfHMENT OP AGR ICULTlJH E
Athens, Georgj. a
U .S . DEP.t\ RTME NT OF AGRICUL..T URE AGRICUL TIJR'Ai.: MARI ( EiiNG S ERVICE . 3t!) EXTENS:ION BLDG., AT HE N:>, "G A . .
Novemb er 14, 1 95 7
?F GENERAL CROP REPORT FOR GEORGIA AS NOVEJVJBEP;._b_ 1957
;rg P&~WuTS DMvffiGED BY HAI NS : The peanut crop in Georgi a , currently estimated at
40 7 ,"000pounds, - fsab out 14 percent smaller than last year IS crop Of
568,980,000 pounds. Conditions on Octob er l pointed to a crop of 500_,650,000 pounds but heavy r ains that continued into October hit a good pottion of"the runner crop that -had b een plowed up and not picked, causing more loss es ;'in both quantity and . quality of th e crop. These unfavorable c onditions re duc e d ' prospects by 3 per- : cent or 13,175,000 pounds during the month. Yi eld per . acre is estimated at 925
pounds colhpared\vith 1090 for 1956.
l\'IALI; PECA~ CRO FORECAST;_ : Unfavorable vmather conditions sinc e Augus t have
r educ ed prospects for pecans he avily eac!1 month and conditions on l'~oven1ber 1 point
to a crop of -only 10,300,000 pcunds. 'l'he Octob er 1 for ec ast tv-as for lh , 5oo,ooo
pounds but the crop is not turning out as well as early expec t ations. Prospec ts . :. ..-.
were r educ.ed 29 percent during the month. The late st estimate plac es this year ' s
production 83 perc ent b el ow l ast year ' s r ecord br eaking crop of 60,000 , 000 pounds
and is 69 perc ent b elovJ the 19M-55 av (Jrage production of 32,9l.t6 ,00~ pounds .
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EXC-~LIJr~NT CORN CROP FORECAST : Georgia ts 1957 corn- crop, currently estimated at ' ~75o7ooo bu~h-e ls-; will~e-th e s econd l arg e st of -record, b eing exce eded only by
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1Vhe 1955 crop of 67 _,080 ,000 bushels. The latest ::estimate i s 1 perc ")nt above last
yearJ:s crop of 65,064,000 bushels despit.E:J a 3 perc ent drop irt acreage . This ycar"s
n ear r ecord .production is :b eing achieved although fo.rmers are expecte d to harvest .
the smallest .acreage since :t:' ec'ords b e~an in 1866. The indic at ed per-acr e yiel d of
25 bushels is a ne<-r r ecord hi gh in tho State; exceedL ng by 1 bush.:.:il the pr evious
hi gh of 2h bushels for 1955 and 1956 .
on ~ PRODUCTION UP: Hen~ Ge orgia farms l 'aid 104 million eggs during Octoher .
This is. a .:r ecord hi gh egg production .for Oct<t.>ber and is 5 perc ent above the previous
hi gh of; 99 .million eggs produc ed in 1956. . Ge orgia farmel:'s continued to increase
t heir Jaying fJ.ocks as the e stirnated 6, 739,000 he ns on farms during Octob er is well above the 6, 298,000 he ns on farms for the corr esponding month a year earli er and s ets a now r ecord high for Octob er .
i'1JLK PRODUCTI ON DO\r.JN : ~1ilk production in GO'orgia during Octob er is estimated at l00 million ,pounds;-a drop of. 1 million pounds from the October 1956 prodi..<ct:Lon. Ttis decline is due .to a decreas e in milk cmv-s on farms and a slightly smaller production per cow. f.li. lk production per cot-v in herd averaged 332 pounds during OctobeiC, . t he s eccr..d highest of r ecord, l;:>eing surpasse d only by the 335 p ounds f'or October 1956.
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; ACREAGE
YIELD PER ACRE
TOTAL PRODUCTION (IN THOUS.)
CROP
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195 : 195 7 : 191+6-55
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: Indtc.19_56_,.._ _1.-'9-+-5""-7-
Corn . bu.: 2,630 : ~lheat bu.: 102
Oats.-;; , .bu.: 411 2ay (all) ton : 691
16.2 2J~ .o ~5!0; . 4.8,978 65,o64:
is.6 : 21.0. : . 17~0 . ;. 2, 091
2,h36r
27.1 .: ~j~-:9 ', ; 2f3. 0.:... lf. ,.683 .: .. ).4;289':
: ' ~ 65' : ..89: /89': 706
616:
65,-7$0
1,734 11 ~ 508
616
':obacco (all) lb.: ?.)tatoos,Ir'ish, cwt.:
?otatoe s ;Sweet, cwt.:
64.1:1196 :145? ,... ;~301. . . : . 121,.92.9 .: ).29 ,371: 83,385 '
. i.f:8 : 46 .2. .: 45.~ 8, : 47~5 1'-: . . .-333
229:
228
13 : 41 ~ : 46 ;.: : ._- 47 .: 1~ 264
736:
611 .
'Jotton . -~ bale s: 518 ?Ganuts(for picking :
264 : 33h i .324 : . . 679 . :
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579:
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390 .
o.nd thre shing) lb.: 527 : 803 :1090 : 925
586,552 568',980: 487,~. 75
:::r.:ybeahs~ bu.:
96
10.1 i~~ 5: ;_.13. _0 :
305
1, 03 8: i ,.248
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AHCHIE LANGLEY .f_gricu.lblr c.l Statistician In Charge
WILLIAN E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician
:rJNJ;.~_~ES - GENE~liQ!' REPORTB_OF JiQ'@.~Eii_l! _195.1
Cool wet weather stalled October harvest of late crops in many areas but failed to
cut expected total" overall output. The 1957 outcome is still expected -to equal any
previous year.
Cott~h has suffered important late season damage with the ~stimated crop of ll~.8 million bales down 5 percent from a month ago. Average yields on the reduced 1957 acr eage now look not quite equal to the 1955 record after sizeable losses: from rain damage, floods and freezes. \veather damage also contributed to lower estimates for peanuts , dry beans and some fruits. Increases over last month are _estimated for corn, sorghum grain, soybeans, rice, fall pot-atoes, tobacco, sugar beets , sweet potatoes and apples.
Corn and sorghum grain need some stretches of drying weather in many sections to r eady them for safe st0rage but given that help;promise even higher outturn than formerly expected. The 3. 3 billion bushel corn crop is third largest of record with a new National recDrd yield per acre widely supported in the Western Corn Belt, The sorghum gr.ain crop of 527 million bushels moved up . 2 percent in October to an all time peak. A much larger part of both corn and sorghum grain was still in the field on November 1 than last year or usual. Iowa corn was still three..fourths unpicked, Ninnesota and Nebraska about four-fifths, and Hissouri and Kansas about half.- Sorghum grain was still about three-fourths unharvested. Counting the large corn crop and record out-put of sorghum grro.n with the average oats crop and large
barley crop already in bins gives a feed grain total of nearly 140 million tons,
4 percent larger than the old champion 1948 and 8 percent mor~ than produced last
year.
CORN: The production of all corn is forecast at 3,333 million bushels, up 1 peree~from a month ago, and 7 percent above average but 3 percent below 1956. Of the all corn production, 2,975 million bushels are expected to be harvested for grain:. . The all corn yield at 46.1 bushels per acre is slightly above the previous 'record last year and greatly exceeds the average of 37.8 bushels. October weather
was generally wet but frosts in central areas were later than usual and most late planted corn reached maturity. However, wet fields and high moisture content of ears have caused a late harvest.
PEANUTS: Based on November 1 conditions, the production of peanuts for picking and
threshing is estimated at 1,504 million pounds, down 2 percent from the October 1
for ecast. Rainfall was a problem in the Southeast and Southwest areas during the month, hampering harvesting operations and causing further losses in production. Losses were greatest in those States where sizeaole quantities of peanuts were on the .ground when tb.e rains hit.
In the Squ1heastern area, late September rains continued into early October and added to . the uncertainty of the crop. Clearing weather beginning the second week ~n October enabled some light digging to start, but cloudy weather and high humid~ty r etarded the drying out of the crop and mechanical driers were used where . available. Shattering and losses in windrows were fairly heavy_, particularly iri Alal;>ama where many of the nuts dropped off the vines when picked up for combining.
~~ The Nationrs pecan crop is estimated at 121,550,000 pounds, 30 percent less than last year and 12 percent below average. Expected production. o~. improved
varieties continued to decline as the harvest season approached and the current
estimateof 33,400,000 pounds is l ess than one-third of last year and only a little
over half of average . In contrast, production of wild _and seedling varieties,
estimated at 88,150,000 pounds, is 31 percent larger . than last year and 17 percent ~ above average. Tho e stiw~tes of the total crop, for five out of the 11 States- for
which estimates are made, are smaller than a month earlier. . However:, Texas .pros-. pects have improved markedly since October 1 and Oklahoma expects a little la:r:ger crop. These two States had favorable moisture conditions the past month. No change in prospects are indicated for Arkansas, New Nexico anq North and South Carolina. ..
~~: Pastures continued to improve during Oct.ober .and on November 1 were in the
best condition for the country as a whole 'since 1950. Condition was 82 percent of normal on November 1, compared with 80 percent on October 1 and o~ly 58 percent on
November 1 last year. Farm pas.tures showed some gain in October when normaliy a small seasonal decline in condition may be e~~ected. October precipitation and favorable weather improved pasture feed in mo~t sections of the country, and :par.. tioularly in the NOrth Atlantic States and the West. Winter grasses and fal.l .seeded grains are, .~roviding ~.e.nerally good grazing in the central and southern Great Plains _____
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UNIVERS!T:y OF GEGRGIA AND THE . STA'iE DEPART!t.Etfr OF :AGRICUl,Ti.JRE
fJ.s. OEPAR l'ME ~IT OF AGRICUL.. I URE: :
AGRICl)LTUPAl.. tAARKETING SERVICE . 319 E~TENSION BLpG., ATHE~S. GA. .
November 21, 1957
LLSPED1ZA SL1D FORECAST
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GEORGIA : . The 1957 Georgia lespedeza seed production is estimated at 3,700,000
potmds. This is Jl percent below the 1956 c~op o~ S;4o0,000 pounds .
The decline in production is due to the large decrease in acreage. The current .. acreage .is 'forecast'at 20,000 cotnparedri.th 30_s000 iast year .. Yield per acre~is
placed at 185 pounds clean seed compared with 180 pounds in 1956 and 172 pounds
for the 10-year .average, Dry we ather during the swnrner damaged the crop in the
north-v1e~tern portion of the State. ~veather conditions Here favorable in most
other a;r:eas and yields were above averageQ The current production .by variE:rties
is as .f.ollows; Sericea l,924,ooo:, Kobe 1,:591,000 and Korean 1 85,-000 poundS~~ ;.
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UNITED ' S"l'ATES : . The 1957 lespedeza seed crob is forecast at 148, 85o; 000 : po~ds of , :.
clean seed, the Crop Repo'rting Board reported today. This . is 3 pel!;~ ;
cerit more th~ - the 141..J.,595,ooo pounds harvested in 1956 but .3 p'ereent oe'lo-r{.the ~.= .
1949..:5s. aver:age "of 153:,552,000 ppunds . Production is Eixpected to be larg.er: uiis ... \,
Y!3a'r in :Stat;e~ . ~est of: .the f'1issis.sippi River 1-1here drought. was severe; last~ 3f'!ear1llri' , . = Hissouri, At;kansas, Kansas, and Olclahoma ..Jilore seed is also : iridicat'ed =Hi.' ~eJ!mes~ee.,:
?outh G?fOl:lna .and Nississippi . Sharpest .decr.e.~~~s , qr~ expecteg in .Y~r.g1~i.'~j. . .-.....L'.:
11arylah~, Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia and Illinois .9 Production irt Iridiaria:. ?ild
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Nor..th C.arol:lna is ' almcst . et}ual to last year'o ;.,
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By i/ari~~ie~, production this year and last, in th:ousarids .of pounds; i~ :e~~itnate,d\;:;~.
as l'ollc5'ws: .. Korean 9S,l97, (100, 056 last year),. Kobe 42,"514 (32, 9.63), .Se'riLcea 1 >i.': :. 8,862 (9, 728)', Tennessee 76 and common 731 (443)) and other variet."j..es 1:,546: (1,405~}~-.
Acr e ag~ pf lespedeza harvested. and to be . )1arvested f.or s.eE?d .is estimated .at
747 J 000 .acres ' only slightly below the 757' 000 act'es har:vested iif J.956 . and .4 per:.;.:~ . :.~
cent less _than the 10-year average . Drought. in July and Aug ust in easter11 S.ta:.~e.s ... .. curtailed acreage saved for seed harvest, particularly i.n Naryland and Virginia
and to a lesser extent in the Carolinas and parts of Georgia . Grm:ring :eonditicihs \'.. were generally fav orable in other States,. but wet weather this fall has delayed maturity and prevented some acreagBfrom beJ..ng:.. harve'sfed~ esp'eti.a:l'ly il'l' IViissouri , Arka."1sas, Mississippi, and Alabamao
Yields .per acre :are expected to equal .or e~ceed last year in all States ex.cepf - ...
Indiand; :V.ir 'ginia, Kent.ucky 'and . Alabe:mi:a~ However, they a,re not particularly high
in any 6f the States tri.th the resUlt that the indicated U~ s. yield of 199 pounds
per . aqr~ is ., onl-j slight~ a'bove the 1956 yield of 191 pounds and the 10-year aver-
age of 194 pounds. ' ' .... ...
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last 'year but 1 to 2 days later tb.an usuaL Dates on whi ch harvesting began or :!was
expected to begin ' averaged as follo1-m: October 28 .-,31. tn . IncU.a~a, Qkla4oma, :
Kentud:y , ~hssissippi and Alabama ; . November l - 2 in Illinois, Hissour~, Georg~a ,
Vi rgiRia, and Tennessee; November 3 - 5 in Kansas, .North CarQlina, .. sou.th Carol~na,
r- and. :Arkan~ as; and Novei(lber 15 in Haryland.
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G~ry-over'.of lespedeza :by farmers on, .June 30, is estimated at 7,973,000 . pqtind.s~ .:
most::..y. in Missouri, Georgia, the Caroiinas , and .T(;lr:m.ess ee . It. i~ .18 . pe:r:'cE?nf swati.~
than !tas'f..,,ye\ir but . 27 percent :larger than average.
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Domestic disappearance duri~g the 1956-57 season is indicated at 149,261,000 pounds,
compared with 157,232,000 in the preceding season and the 10-year average of .
1S6,758~ooo pounds.
Current supply of lespedeza seed, inclading estimated production this year and carry-over by dealers and farmers as of June 30,1957, is 169,046,000 pounds. This i~ ~thin one percent of last year's supp~ and the 10-year average.
Lespedeza Seed: Acreage harvested, Yield per acre, and Production Av~rage 1946-55, Annual 1956 and 1957
== - - - ~_(A:r~aie=h~!e~t~c( = l = Ii~J4 ~e! ~ce: = === =~o~u~tio~ -~1~~ ~e~d:
.! State : =.Ave~age! 1956 s Indi-:Average= 1956 : Indi- =Average: l956 : ~ndi-
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i cated :1946-55: .
cated :1946-55:
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-Acr-es Pounds Pounds
Pounds
pounds po_unds pounds:.
Inde 23,300 34,000 35,000 192 Il1o :,' 21,600 3.2' 000 26' 000 174 Mo ., 215; 400 224,000 224, 000 192 K~ns. .J5i650 9,000 13,000 203 Hd. I/18,5oo 22, ooo 12, ooo 1/239 V~a -. .Z5,000 25,000 14,000 - 178 N. co 149,600 14o,.ooo 133,000 191
s, c. .-46' 500 .34, 000 45,000 170
Gao ' 48@0 30~000 20,000 172
Kyo ---cJ,1oo 85,ooo 70,000 214 T~nn. 54,100 56,000 84,000 180 Ala~ . 13, 700 15,000 11,000 148
Miss. '14,050 8,ooo 9,000 125 Ark., . '39,000 42,000 49,000 231
Okla. 8,800 1,000 2,000 154
240 220 170 140 225 150
170 150 180 235 ..
180
.150 150 320 110
225
4,543
220
3,834
200 43,673
210
7,986
225 1/4,547
135 - 4,618
175 28,954
160 .. 8,468
185
8z809
200 14,168
185 10,174
140
2,074
160
1,852
330
9,343
135
1,516
8,160 7,875 7' 040 . 5, 720 38,080 44,8'00 1,260 2,.73.0 4,.950 ' 2, 700
3,750 1;890 23,800 .23,275 . 5,100 . . 7., 2,00 .
5~400 . )-,700 19,975 .. 1,4,ooo
10,080 15,540 2,250 1,_540 / 1,200 1,440 13,440 . .16,170
110 . 270
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Indicated 1957
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Percentage that is Korean
11
II 11 Kobe
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II 11 Common & Tenn. #76
11
II II Sericea
n
II II Other varieties
Farm carry-over on June 30 in pounds
De.aler and Government carry-over on
June 30 in pounds
Supply of clean seed (production plus
carry-over) in pounds
153,552,000 69o3 23.3 1.4 5.9 Ool
6,271,500
10,768,700
170,592,200
144,595,000 69.2 22.8
0.3 6.7 1.0 9,738,000
l48,85o;ooo 64.0 28.6 . 0~5
5.. 9
1.0
7,973,000
15,124,000 12,223,000
169,457,000 169,046,000
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVEF:SITY OF GEORGIA AND THE S"a"ATE DEPARTMENT OF l\GRICULTURE
Athens, Georgia
27, 1957
BROILER CHICK BEFORT FOR GEOFI.GIA CO~lMERCIJ\L AFlEAS
During the week end:ing November 23 commercial hatcheries: placed 4,955,000 chicks with the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 4,923,000 placed the previous week and is 8 per cent more than the 4,570,000 placed the same week last yearo
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6_,539,000 compared with 6,512,000 the previous week and is 6 percent more than the 6,179,000 for the corresponding week last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of 72 cents per dozeno Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at ~:)2.50 per hundred. These prices compare with 71 cents and ::>12.00 last week and with 6h cents and r,,11.25 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise.
-Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Narket News Service for broilers
during the week ending November 23 are as f ollows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 ..
3 1/2 pounds, at farms 10;67; FOB plants 17.54.
(See reverse side for other states)
GEORGIA CHICI\ PI.ACE:t-lENT EY 1:JEEKS
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PERIOD SEPl'EMBt:R 21 TBROUiiH NOVEIJBER 23, 1957
Date
Eggs
Chicks Hatche? !/ Inshipments
Total Placed
Weok Ending
.Set
1956 1957 ;thousands
. Placed in Georgia
1956
1957
Thou sands
of Chicks 1956 : 1957
Thousands
. on Farms
1956 1957 Thous ands
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Sept. 21 6,001 6,293
3, 904
h,346
646
h86 h, 550 4,832
0ept. 28 5,9hl 6,497
Oct. 5 6,223 6,183
Oct. 12 6,203 6,230
h,027 4,038 4,Hl4
4,390 4,418
4,352
573
486 4,600 4, 876
492
420 L.,530 4,838
516
474 4,700 h,826
Oct. 19 5,949 6,356 Oct. 26 6,109 6,274 'Nov. 2 5,963 6,261
4,032 4,134 4,051
4, L.82
4,339 L,340
518
445 4,550 4, 927
5l~6
507 4,680 4, 846
469
5h2 4,520 h,882
Nov. 9 6,060 6,223
4,026
4,422
374
669 4,hOO 5,091
Nov. 16 6,164 6,512
4,146
4,378
404
545
Nov. 23 6, 179 6,539 I 4, 123
4,473
447
482
l l ~xclus~ve of hatch~ngs sh.i.pped ~nto states outs~de o:fGeorg ~a
4,550 4,570
4,923
4,9-5-5
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
WILLIAN A. I!>JAGNER
Agricultural Statistician
EGGS SET. AND CHICKS PLA CED IN CClVJ1iTi;R CIAL .fl.,_'llifi. S ~ ir~EKS - 19..1_
Pa:r~ 2
Q
~
~
~
~
ST ilcTE
1---~--.
!. Nov.,
N - sei:
Nov.
We e k Ending
j -=1-~e~~ i
Oct. Oct.
Oct . Oct.
Nov .
Nov. Nov.
Nov.
I
~
~
9
16
5
12
19
26
2
9
16
23
'"- ;,.o- .---- -------
II
EGG ::;; S ~ T TW:USANDS
CHI CKS PLA.CED - 'i'HC.u :ANDS
- fl
-- --
----- -
l~ ~:>.ine
Connecticut Pe:J.nsyl vania Indiana Illinpis N.lissour i De l aw a r e Maryland Virginia
- West Virginia North Caro lina Sou t h Caro lina
GEOR.GI A F lo::. :i.da Al a barr.a Mis sis s i ppi Ar lu.l.l1 s a s Louis i ana Texas Wash ington . Oregon California
TOTAL 1957
TO";:AL 19 56
I' 1,2 35
698
fl
,,
1, 224
1, 311
31~
1, 265 2,111 1 ,9 71 1,770
280 2,6 58
497
6 ,223
4 iO
2 ~ 285
1 _. 710 2,357
359 2,24 3
28 7 177 1, 101
~-
I 32,491
I . 30,444
1,269 689
1~ 3 52
1, 430 36 2
1 , :<62 2,175 1,962 1, 72 8
281 2 , 659
545
6 . 512 422
2. 328 1 ,631
2~492
357 2, 345
267 198 1,14 5
1 ,333 72 8
1 , 1 52 1, 586
361 l,298 2 ,114 1,945 1,813
294 2, 722
505 6. 539
'42o 2. ::.54
1, '353 2 ,6 51
34 2 2,277
225 225 1,169
33,56 1 33, '122
31,161 31, 412
777 494 612 762
113
411
1, 846
1, 471
1,13 5
4 70
1, 977
~
318
4 : 8 32 2 55
II'
1, 834 1; 2 58
2, 019
402
1,877
178
120
12fi 4,199332
22 ,013
903 506 634 72 3
98 458 1,709 1,6 37 1,176 433 J. . <?7'i 313
4 ;8 ?6 286
1 , 883 1 ~26 '7 2 , 00 7
340 1 , 83G
193 94
74 7
863 535 737 770 164 513 1, 740 1 3503 1,176 488 2. () f 9 286
4,838 228
2,001 1 ;;>323 1, 899
3 78 1, 828
179 87
96 5
874 505 546 744 144 425 1,62 7 1, 398 1,105 442 2,068 344
4,825 182
1, 9 78 1, 31 5 1,922
392 1, 96 2
176 1 34 963
2 4~016 24,560 24,102
22, 364 22,063 21,830
884 521 664 754 106 425 1, 787 1, 285 999 353 2,039 . 284
4 ,927 19 3
2,020 1,2 34 1, 996
?i59 1, 946
147 80
8 10
974 503 614 857 118 366 1,6 30 1,446 1g130 336 1,9 30 334
4 ,846 157
1,920 1, 200
1~9 6 2
268 1,599
1 70 76
821
23,813 23,256
20, 66 3 20,94 3
860 548 688 771 122 456 1; 489 1 ~ 397 1,195 437 1,991 286
4,882 182
2, 051 1,273
1~880
241 1, 6 27
169 82
8 56
23 ~ 48 3
21,403
983 429 74 6 876 1 31 483 1,6 36 1,399 1,149 361 2, 002 320
920 417. 896 793 133 484 1,84 7 1,225 1 . 1 38 435 2, 004 309
5,091 4 , 923 251---r8s
2,027 1, 338 1,9 32
243 1, 6 19
153 87
925
2,019 1, 307 2,053
267 1, 823
189 1 35 910
987 445 76 2 794 149 4 51 1, 705 1,532 1,206 447 2,09 7 326 4 ,955 184 1,986 1,2 32 1,992 292 1, 79 7 169 102 875
24 ,1 31 24 , 415 24, 485
21,9G9 22,061 21,978
_ _ 19 57 "{ of 19 56
107
108
107
- 110
10 7
111
110
115
111
110
110 -- 1-1--1 - 111
,.JIJ
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AGRICULTURAL EXTE NSION SE':RV!CE
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE
STA1'E DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
U . s,. OEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICUL TURA !.. MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG., AT HE NS, GA.
Athens, Georgia
December 4, 1957
-BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA cru~~ERCIAL AREAS
;
During the week ending November 30, commercial hatcheries placed 4,993,000 chicks with the br0iler producers in Georgia corrunercial areas. This compares with the
4,955,000 placed the previous week and is 9 percent more than the 4,560,000 !
placed the same' week last year.
Eggs set by J,oc:al hatcheries amounted to 6,371, 000 compared With 6,539,000 ~the previous week . and is 4 percent more than the 6,138,000 for the corresponding week last year.
Hatcheries reported prices p-aid for hatching eggs during the week at an average
of 73 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at $12.50 per hundred. These prices compare with 72 cents and $12.50 last week and ~th 64 cents and $11. 00 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to: Georgia produced hatching eggs whether b ooght on contract or otherwise.
\feighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers
during the week ending November 30 are as follows: North Georgia broilers
2 ; 3/4- 3 . 1/2 pounds, at farms 15,29; FOB plants 16.25. .
r
(See reverse side for other states)
Date Week Enning
GEORGIA GHICK PLACEMENT BY 1rJEEKS
PERIOD SEPTEiffiER 28 THROUGH NOVEHBER. 30, 1957
I - - ~g-s--1-chicks H9-tched .Y Inship.ments
Set
Placed in Georgia
of Cbioks .
1956 : 1957
1956 : 1957
1956 : 1957
Thousands
,
Thousands I Thousands ..
Total Placed on Farms
1956 : 1957
Thousands
sept. 28
Oct. 5
5,941 6,223
6,1+97 6,183
4,027 4,038
4,390 4,418
\ 573 492
486 4,6op 4,876 420 4,530 4,838
Oct. 12 oe:t. 19
Oct. 26
6,203 5,949 6,109
6,230 6,356 6,274
4,184 4,032 4,134
4,352 4,482 4,339
516
474 4,700 4,826
518
L~45 4,550 4,927
546
507 4,680 4,846
Nov. 2' 5,963 6,261 4,051 4,340
469
542 4,520 4,882
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
IIJ'ovo 23 Nov. 30
6,o6o
6,164 6,179 6,lj8 .
6,223
I 6,512
6,539 6,371
4,o26
4,146 4,123 4,128
4,422 . 1 374
4,3u8 404
4,473
447
4,483
432
669 4,4oo 5,091
545 4,550 4,923 L.82 4,570 4,955 510 4,560 4,993
--:---- - - -
_
_
4 _ _ _ _ __
..._
-----'---------
};./ Exclusive .of hcitchings .s~pp~d into states outside of Georgia.
: ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician
,~
' .t -
..
. .
STATE
Maine Connecticut P e m:u , y J: van i a Ind:i.ana Illlnois Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Caro.lina GECRGIA
Florida
Ale.b~1.:-:a.a
Mississippi
Arks.ns a:;
Lou.:h>iana
Texas
Washington
Oregon
:
California .
TO'l'AL 195'1
TO TAL 1956
1957 %of 1956
..
-
.,EGCfS SET AND .C:U:CKS. PLACED IN COMME RCIAL AREAS, -BY vVE!~ KS - 1957
,. ,. '
..
l . '.
..
' .. .
..
~ .: l
)'Veek Ending
,..
' .
' ..
N'ov.
I 16
'
Nov. 23
; Nov. 30
I Sept. 2}
-Oot~
5
I Oot.l Oot. Oct.
Nov . :Nov. Nov.
12 1 . 19 ~
26 .
2
9
-
16
I
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS
. .,
C' iiCKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
L__
1~269
689 1, 3~2
1,333 728
1,152
..
1, 336 726
1,381
l 903 506 634
- -
863
874
884
974
860
983
920
535
535
521
503
548
429
417
737
545
664
614
683
r/46
896
1,480
1~586
1,558
723
770
744
?'54
857
771
8'16
793
362
361
341
98
164
144
106 . 118
122
131
133
1, 362
1,298 1,378
458
513
425
425
366
456
483
484
2,175
2,114 2,277
1, 709
1,"740 . 1~627 1, 787 1,630 1,489 l:-636 1,847
1)962 1, 72.8
1,945 . . 1, 949 -
1,818 1, 716
1;637 1,176
1,503 1,175
1,~98 1,285 1,446 1.1397
1,105
999 1,130 1,195
1,399 1,225 1,149 1,138
281
294
276
433
'488
442
353
336
437 - 361
435
2,659
2, 722 2,681
1:~JH7
2,059 2,068 2,039 1.9w 1,991 ' 2,002 2:004
545 6,512
I
422 2,328 1,631
I 2:,4'92 357
505 6,539
425 2,354 1,653 2,657 .
342
529
6' 3'll
419 2,311 1, 703 2, 727
330
I 313
! 4,876
I
206 1,883
l 1,267 2lo007
340
286 4,838
228 2,001 1,323 1,899
378
344 4,-826
182 1,978 1,315
1,~22
392
284 4,927
193 2,020 1 , 2 3 4 1,995
359
334 4,846
15'1
1
.
'
9
20
.
1,v.200
1,962
268
286 4,882
182 2 ,051 1,273 1,880
241
320 5,091
201
2 :, 0~7 1 ~ 668
1,932 243
309 4,923
188 2,019 1 !, 307 2,053
267
2,345
2,277 2,353
1,836
1,828 1,962 1,946 1,599 1,627 1 ;. 619 lp823
267
225
324
193
179
176
147
170
169
153
189
198 1,145
33, 56'1
l24,016 225
1,169 33, ?22
206 1, 195 '
34,092
I 94 747
87
134
80
75
82
965
963
810
821
856
24,560 : 24,102 23,8l3 23,256 23,463
87
135
925
910
24,131 24,415
Page 2
I Novo 23
987 445 762 7S4 1-19 451 lp '105 lg532 1,206 447 2,097 326 4,955 184 1,986
1~232 1~~92
292 1, 19'i
169 102 875
24,485
Nov. 30
934 477 886 784 110 446 1,671 1,353 1 .,224 354 2,042 1
ZB2
4,993
180 1;993 1p240 2;187
28 3 1,633
223 135 812
24,342
31,161 108
31,412 107
31,147 109
2? 11364
1' 107
22,063 21,8Z!l . 20,663 20,943 21,403
111 '
110 : 115 - 111
llO
21,969 22,061
llQ
ll1
21,978 Hl
22,340
lO~
q
p:4tt3 7 ~~?u~~T~~ON~~C?jp) !R{!EfPJ(O~
VllCJE
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STA,TE DEP~fiTMENT .OF AGRICULTURE
U.S. OEPART~Elf'r=OF AGRICUI..TliRE
AGF. ICIJLTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
. 319 EXTENSION OLDG., ATtiENS, G~.
.
/ Athens, Georgia
'i
'I .
December 9, 1957
Fl\.RV PRICE REPORT Af: OF NOVEtmrm 15, 1957
.. : . }
GF~ORGiA: The All Commodity Index of Prices Received by Georgia farmers for the
. month ended November 15, 1957, was 236 per cent of the January 1910-
1911.1 average. This was a decline of one point ( .u percent) from the October T5,'
1957 I ndeJ of 237 and two points ( . 8 percent) below the November 15, 1956 Ind~x :: ,
of 2) t1 . LQwer prices for corn, cotton, cottonseed, peanuts , and hogs all oor:tr:~-:-. . ..
butod heavily to the decline.
The . All Crops component of the index was 247 on November 15. This was a decline of one point ( .4 per cent) from the October Index of 248 and 10 points (3 . 9 per cent:) below the November 15 , 1956 Index of 257. blip;htly higher prices f or wheat,. hay, and. Pe.cans were more than. offset by lower prices f or rain and weather damaged cotton, ' cottonse ed and peanuts . 0easonnl price deciines were pre sent for corn, s oybeahs, and s~eet potatoes.
The Livestock and Livestock 1.)roducts Index f or the month ended ' November 15, 195.7, declined two. points ( .9 percent) fr om the October 15 Index of 212, but was 1.2 points (6.1 per cent) higher than the November 15, 19S'7 I ndex of 198. Lower prices .
f or ,}fqgs and milk contributed heavily to the decline from the previous r.10rit'ri,
more than off setting the incre a se in price b(}(;.f coH::, and eggs:.
reePNITEDSTATE0 : The Index of frices Re ce i ve: p uy Farmers rose 2 points ( 8-tenths .-
d1
per cent) during the month ended in mi d-November the Crop Report-
ine Board announced today. Increase s in avera ge prices received f or meat animals,
vegetables, poultry and ege; s were only parti ally off set by decre ase s in pric.~s of
cotton, feed grain s and toba cco . 'l'he November indo:x at 2h2 per cent of its
1910-14 average v-ras 3 per cent above a year earlier.
A rather general rise in retail price s l ift ed the index of Prices Paid f or Commodities and Service s, including I nterest , Taxes and Farm Hage Rates nearly 1 per cent to 298 on November 15, a new high. Prices paid for commoditie s used in family living and f ar m producti on both advanced during thelllonth-. - -The i.ndex was 3 per cent higher than in November 1956.
Summary Table for the United ~ tates
----Indexes--- 71~ovember IS""":- october I), -:November-15,:_-_-}joor<I_li;bg h____
1910 - 14 =100 : 1956
:
1957 : 1957 : Index : Date
----~-------.,. -
.tlrices Received
234
240
242
313 Feb.l951
l'arity Index ~/
289
296
29 8
298 Nov.l957
Parity Ratio
61
81
81
123 Oct.l946
IrPrfces Paid-; Interest-; Taxes ,-and'\r1a ge Hat es 'ba[:ea on-da ta for t rie Indi cated - dates .
r
J...RCHI!_o; LANGLLY
Agricultural Statistician In Charge
RAn Oli:D R. IIAl~COCF Agricultural 5tatistician
..
GEORGIA . . .
. . . UNITED .:::TATE S . .
--r-- -. I,. r...... COHHODITY
1 \fD UNIT
--1~_i__f.~..~..~.4-T.;i~~s~15,
oii~f5-rf~..f..;~-~-5---;iri:_1_.;-~_.~__~__~_j_ ~T!
-~jt~~~sr:~~~:~5f~~
_______ .... ---~---" -...
~~~~
5
~
WhPe.t, Bu.
I$ 1. 23
. 2. o3 ill 1.97 1.95 !1 .as .
2.05 ; 1,92 . . '1.93
Corn1 flu. C8ts , Bu .
~
.91
. 67
1.15 . 87
1.1a
1.13 1I .64
1
,
! .90
i . 90 1 .4n
1.21
l. ,72
1. C6 ,61
II1 1~ 01 .61
l rish Pot . , CwT Sweet Po t,, CWT
$ i 1.13
I
$
.84
-.
3.75
I' . 5 . ('lt'l
;
I' ,i
I;
4. 65 i l ,88
1,53
1.58 3.27
1.68
. '.
cotton , Lb
Cottonseed , Ton
Hay,Al l, (baled)Ton
Hogs , per
'
CWT.
Beef Ca ttle,QWT
Milk Cows ,He a~
Chickens ,All ,Lb,
i:ggs, Doz .
$ 7,36
$ 3, 96
$ ; 33,85
i 13.3
!! 21.4
31.4
4 7 , 0 ('1
24.20
..,14.70
1i . 11,51')
I
I 110. 01
16.1
48.4
'I. i 29.9
I 48.00
I
I
l
24 .20
i 13.40
I
: 115,31
I
49.7
28.8 : ; 1 2.4
40 .0('1 '
':
24.40 !:
!_ l j
16.91 i
! I
i 13.50 :
5.42
115.1')1') : I 48 .01
Ii 16.5 I ; 11.:4
I!
52. 2
59 . 20 21.9 0
14~30
14, 50 154. 0(')
37 . 2
32.3 I ::::0 .
49.81
18.50 r 1~. ~ 0..
l 16.90
:).6~70 ' ..
.1 17~80 '
1 17-4~(10 '
I 15.8
~5.~ .
I 43.0
45.3
Butterfat, Lh
.
.
; I 25.8
.53, 0 '! 51,1')
51,1
60 ,4
59 .1
!
I ~9.0
Milk ( whole sale ) per l uO,r }/
Scybeans, Bu .
fe anut s, Lb,
.p 2.43
$ I
'I ii 5 , 2
. 6 ,15 2, 20
! 6,1()
i 2, 25
110. 2
5, 85
2,10
9. 8
4.8
I I
4.66
4.56
4.65
l 2 .~l7 2. 04
., I 1=:~ __j __~ ~-- ---L-l~-~7- . :
, --w-- - - . '' --~ --- - - ---- ---
-Nooo -
- - - Oo ~ - - ,. _ .,. -- - - - - - - - -- -- - -- - - - - - - -- - -- ,.,_. - -;
---- - - -- - - -- - - - - - - - - --- ----- - . ..... ,. ._...... .. - ------- ... . .... __ _ , __.;~ ---------
]/ Pre limi~ary
-- --.---- - -
- - - : :-.r.,:
l 1~DEX l'l' H"l.BER!i OF PRICES RECE I V~~D BY FARMERS I N GEORG IA
(January 1910- December 1914 = lOt)
.
Nv.l5
Oct ,l5
1956
1957
I
j All Commodities
23 8
237
, All Crops
257
248
Gr ains and Hlil.y
144
145
Cotton Lint
259
246
Peanuts
200
196
1',bacc e
383
370
Co ttonseed ~nd Soybeans
197
200
I 1
Irish Pe tatoes & Swe~t P ot at ~es
Fruits and riuts
.
2 26
26 1
174
149
! All Livestock Md Livest ock Products
i MMt Anime.ls ! f'"u l t ry and r~ ggs
198
212
233
274
144
147
D11.iry Prl'l duct s
242
2'12
No t,l5
-- .1293E51. r
247 II
I 142
237 188' I 407 .
167 1
245 1 70
I j
I 210 I
21 0
151 1 233 I
!
.i
. PRICt:S PAID BY FARI1ERS FOR SELECTSD F~ t;DS ll ov, 15, 1957 WITH COMP ARISONS . ];/
..
. '
KIND OF FE.W
l1ix'ld Dairy Feed
All Und'lr 29'ft Pr otein l~ Protein
l~fo P r~t ein
20i'o Prete in 2~o Protein
Hi ~ Prtin Feeds Cl'lt t ons eed i'Jeal S oyb~an !"'eal J'leat Scra p
Gre.in By- Products Bran Middlings Corn i'leal
-Nov-G:'EisOR-GI.A.
1956
3,90 3 , 85 3. 95 4. 05 4 , 25
3, 40 3. YO 4 . 75
3,30 3. 60 3, 35
. . act :15...... - -~-~ . - - - .. - .'. .L. . - Nov.15 i J Nov , l5
1957
1957 ! I 1956
... .. i : . ' ~ ~ ...
-~ ~~I~~D..?~~T~L....- .. -- -
Oct ,l5
N ~v .1 5
1957
1957
- - -...-. -...w-~--
3,85 3, 80 4, 00 4, 00 4.30
3,40 3,80 4 ,55
3.30 3. 45 3. 40
Do~l~trs Pe r 100 Pounds
i I 3, 85
3,75
4,00 4 , 05 4 , 35
IIi ;' 3. ~ 3
i 4. 03
:I
3. 45 3, 1)0 4 ,55
3,20 3, 40 3 , 30
3, 82
r
I
I
I 1
I
3. 86 4, 80
I r 1.
2.93
I 3, 06
1 3,50
3, 63 3. 57 3, 58 3, 83 3, 96
3, 72 3, 85 4 . 84
2, 68 2,7 Y 3, 27
..
3.6i
,.. J
3.56
3,54
3,81
3, 9 2
3,65 3,75 4,75
2.65 2.7 4
3.23
Poultr y Fee d
dro ile r Growing Ma s h Laying !"lash Scratch Grains
Hay (dal ed) Alfalfa
- A..l.. l--O-..t-h-e r ----- --
5. 10 4 . 81 4 . 20
55. 00 40 , 00
4. 95 4.7 0
4 , 95 4. 65
I 4.91 4 , 47
4 . 83 4.36
4.80 4 . 32
4 . 20
4 . 20
I 4.ll
3, 92
3,90
J
' I
I
47 . oo
48. 00 ! j 34, 30
30 . 30
30,7 0
,___ 3~ .?o _________._______..~_e__.~~ -.-l t ___~~_.~o____ .... __2_?.-.~n___________ .. ---- _2_~..-~? __ ..
J/ As _r~.~~~ed -~-~-_:eed Dea l er s . - - ~--- - . - ---. . :: ..-:: :.:..:.-..::-= '".i::-:. :~~,:_- ::..;::.=..::: .::.::-::.:_..=:.:::--.-.- .-- .-.:-.:-_::-:::=:.:-..=.-.-:.-::-::::...:_-=-.~:::.~::...-....::...::.:.-:~=--- .:.::::= .~.:.._::::..~: :: :~--- .._
AGRIC':ULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVE RSiTY OF (~ EORG IA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Athens', Georgia
.
U . S. OEPA RTMf:: NT OF P.GR IO.:lll T UHE AGRIC'JLTiJRAI. MARKETi rIG SER VI CE 319 EXTENSION BLDG., AT\HE ~S. GA .
December 101 1957
GEORGIA - DECEMBER 1 COTTON REPORT
~Georgia has harvested a 1?57 cott~n crop of 395,000 bales (500 pounds gross weight)
which is 32 percent below the 579 1 000 bales of last year and 42 percent below the 10-year average (1?46-1955 of 67? ,ooo). Of the estimated 57fl,OOO acres in culti-
.vation July l, 1.4 percent was abandoned which left 5701 000 acres for ha r vest.
This - is :of lint
a decrease o'f per harvested
31 ac
r
p e
erc of
ent f 333
rom pou
the nds
i
830 1 s 43
000 acre pounds
s b
har elcw
vest the
ed in
,1955
1956. record
Yield yield
t')f 3}6 pounds and has been exce_eded cmly by 1?55 and 1956 crops.
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:seas on, the central districts_ show 9- decline of 34 percent and the southern dis-
:tricts have 24 percent less production than the 1956 crop.
unf~vorable weather during the- spring months delayed planting operations in the
:southern part of the State and the crop was later than usual. Heavy rains and
:coa.;l temperatures made it necessary to do more replanting than usual. Frequent
;rains during May and June made it very difficult to c ontrol weevils. Infestation
became very heavy an:i the bottom crop was damaged in most areas. Hot, dry weather
'during July and August :tmde it pos<;;ible to carry out an effective spray program.
Extremely hot, dry weather during August checked. fruiting and caused the top crop
to she~ in northern districts. Harvesting operations made good progress during
August and early September. Frequent rains the last half ~f September and early
/ October delayed harvest a~n damaged the crop still in -the field. f ee.
d,
The Bur.eau of Census with. 5'~9,000 to same
rep~rted 381~ 1 000 running bales ginned
date last year and 681,000 in 195.5.
to
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CARL 0. DOESCHER
Agricultt,i.ral Sta tistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY
Agricultural Statistician In Charge
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1957 - 395,000 " :'
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1956-3 6, 00~
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1956-108,000 - 1955-18,000
1956-75,000
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N. C.
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Ga. Tenn. Ala. hiss .
671
440 347 1 320 391 325
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359- - 235
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6.82 498 I 305 360 333
.647 513 . 345
1,252
830 570 1 264 334 333
679 579
395
752
1,477 2,280
I . 51.13 972 1, 595
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1,33.)5~
374 296
363
488 370 483
424 346 417
579 552
42 0
~91 ' ?50 . '' 530
1,702 1,.609 . . 1 ; 160
Mo.
484
:366
29~. I 384 586 302
305 448
185
Ark . La.
Ok l a . Texas
1,952 1,365 1,130 360 .500 418 1,444 1,426
985
810
1 , 0 70 8,684
562
715 6, 200
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357
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170
5,900 203
496
175 280
I - 398 606
218
374
581 261 .
3 70 245
291 . 3,7~.2 3,615 .. 3,575
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226
181
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253
301
237
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402 . 358 350 ., 718 1,108 . 1, 097 1 620 829
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Calif. Other
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I 683 924 1,006 I 1,249 1,446 1,500
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- of lint . 2/ 0ther states include Virginia, Florida,' .Illinois , Kentucky, and Nevada, 37 Amer. - Egypt pr.oduced in Texc..s, New r-1exico, Arizona, and California. Included In State and United States totals .
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE
r , UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL.TURE
, ( Athens, Georgia
U . S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICU LTURAL MARKETING SERVICE / 319 EXTENSION BLDG ., ATI1ENS, GA.
December 11, 1957
BROI LER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COHMF.RCIAL AREAS
During the week ending December 7, commercial hatcheries placed 5,036,000 chicks with the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 4, 993,000 placed the previous week and is 10 per cent more than the 4,595,000 placed the same wee k last year .
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,240,000 compared with 6,371,000 the previous week and is 25 per cent more than the 5,010,000 f or the corresponding week l ast year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatchingeggs during the week at an average of 73
cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries f or the chicks was reported at
~:-l-2. 75 per hundred, These prices compare with 73 cents and f?l2.50 last week and
w;i. th 64 cents and ;,;,11.00 one year ago. l!.gg prices shown relate to Georgia produced
hatching eggs whether bought on contract or . otherwise.
v~ eighted average prices f rom the Federal - ~tate Market News Service for broilers dur ing the week ending December 7 are as f ollows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 - 3 1/2 pounds, at farms 15. 82; FOB plants 16.71.
(5ee rever 5e side for other st ates)
Date I Week Ending
GEORGIA CHICl~ PLACEMSNT BY WEEKS
PEniOD OCTOBER 5 T~lROUGH DECBHBER 7, 195-7
I Eggs
Chicks Hatched 3:._/ Inshipments
I Set
Placed in Georgia
of Chicks
. . 1956 1957
1956 : 1957
1956 1957
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Total Placed on Farms
1956 s 1957
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I Oct. 5
r Oct. 12
Thousands
6,223 6,183 6,203 6,230
Thousands
4,038 4,418 4,184 4,352
Oct. 19 5,949 6,356 4,032 4,482
Oct. 26 6,109 6,274 h,l34 4,339
Nov. 2
5,963 6,261 4,0.51 4,340
Nov. 9
6,060 6,223
4,026 4,4~2
Nov. 16 6,164 6,512 4,146 4,378
Nov. 23 6,179 6,539 4,123 4,u73
Nov. 30 6,138 6,371 4,128 4,483
Dec. 7
f/ ~xclusive
5,010 of ha
tc
6,2h0 hings
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shipped into
4,5h3 states
Thousands
492 h20
516 . 474
518
41 .~- 5
546 507
469 542
374 669
404 545
447 482
432 510
438 493
Thousands
I 4,530
I 4, 700
4,838 4,826
h,55b 4,927 . 4.; 680 4,846
I 4,520 4, 882
l 4,400 5,091
4,550 4,923
4,570 4,955
4,560 4,993
4,595 5,036
eorgia.
ARCHIE LAN::LEY
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11986 112 02 1, 992
11 99 3 1, 340 2 ,187
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. AGRICULTURAL I!XTI!NSION SERVICE UNIVEJ:tSr,r'Y OF G~OJilGIA AND THE . S1ATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE .
Athens, Georgia
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. \J , S. DEPARTMENT Otr AGRIC.!JLTURE
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SEf\VICI!
319 EXTENSION BLDG ., ATHI..S,,.GA.
December 184 1957
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During the weet e~ding December 14 commerciai hatcheries placed 5,076,000 chicki
with the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the
5,036,000 plaeed the previous week and is 11 per cent more than the 4,560,000
placed the same week last year.
' . -. Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,708i000 .compared with 6,240,000 the pre-
vious week and is 14 per cent more than the 5,909,000 for the corresponding week
las_t year,
. . ., Hatcheries reported prices paid for batching eggs during the we~k at an a~e~~ge of
75 cents :per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was report-
ed at $12.75 per hundred. These prices compare with 73 Gents and $12.75 last week
~nd with 64 cents and $11.00 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to Georgia pro-
~uced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise~
Weighted .average prices from the Federal-State Market News Serv,ice for broilers d~ring the week ending December 14 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 ~ 112 pounds, at farms 16.01~; FOB plants 17 . 00~.
(See reverse side for other states)
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Oet ~ 12
Qct. 19
Oet. 26
~o:v. 2
~ov. 9
Nov.
Nov.
16 23
~~v. 30
Dec. 7
Dec 14
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS PERIOD OCTOBER 12 THROUGH DECEMBER 14, 1957
Eggs Set 1956 : 1957
Chicks Hatched 1/ Inshipments
Placed in Georgia
of Chicks
1956 1957
1956 : 1957
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Total Pbeed oft Farms
1956 : 1957
Thousands
6,203 5,949
6,109 5,963
6,060 6,164 6,179 6,138
5,010 5,909
6,230 6,356 6,274 6,261 6,223 6,512
6,539
6,371 6,240
6,708
4,184 4,352
516
474 4, 700 .- 4,8.26
4,032 4,482
518
445 4,550 4,927
4,134 . "4,339
546
507 4,680 ~ 4,846
4,051 . 4,340
469
542 4,520 : 4,882
4,026 4,422
374
669 4,400 5,0.91
4,146 4,378
404
545 4,550 4,923
4,123 4,473
447
482 4j570 4,955
4,128 . 4,483
432
510 4,560 :4 1993
4,157 4,543
438
493 4,595 5,036
4,105 4,596
455
480 4,560 . ' 5,076
l/ :Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states OUt$ide of Georgia.
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Agricultural Statistician In Charge
W. A. Wagner::. Agricultural Statitl~ian
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987
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955 1,005
429
417
445
477
746 r.: 875
762
886
492
495
751
701
876
793
794
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805
894
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484
451
446
550
520
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1,630 1,.489< i;:036 1,847 1, 705 1,671
1, 724 1,745
1,285
1,446 1, 397 1;::399 1,225 1,532 1,353
1,499 1,632
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1,130 1,195 l;d49 1,138 1,206
353 . . . 3:38 .. . .4:3:7" .. ~ 361
435
447
1,224 354
1,190 1,107
329
412
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284
326 . - 279 : ' 320
309
326
2,042 382
2,097 2,065
398
360
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2,920 . . . 1,!120
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1,'9 96
1,200 1,962
4,882 5,:091
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2,027 1, ;338
1:,932
4,92 3
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184 1, 986 1,232 1, 992
4,993
180 1,993 1,240 2,187
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214
1,996 2,106
1,237 1,233
2 , 115 2,235
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268 1, 599
241 . 243 .., 267
292
1,627 1,619 . 1,823 1, 797
283 1,633
307
269
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170
169
153
189
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216
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24,733 25,148
20,943 21,403 21)969 ; 2'2',061 21,978 22,340 22,980 22,953
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Athens, Georgia
U.S . DEPARTMENT OF .c-...,RICULTURE AGRICU ..TURAL MARKE.TING SE.P.V lCE
3 19 E~<TENSION BLDG., A 'r HENS, GA.
D~camb e r 19, 1957
GEORGIA COMMERCIAL VEGETABLE C;ROPS SUMMARY 1956-1957
GEORGIA: Value of Georgia's ten principal fresh market vegdables ani melons included in this report was $12, .14-1,000 in 1957, an increase of 3
percent from the 1956 value of $12,423,000. This increase in value was due mainly to better prices received for the m elon crop in 1957. Harvested acreage amounted to 100, 850 acres compared with 97, 600 acr e s for last season.
UNITED STATES: Total 19 57 production of the 28 principal fr e sh market veg-
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etables and melons amounted to 204, 900, 000 cwt. - a 5 per-
cent decrease from the year befor 3 . Seve ral in1portant crops were in lighter
supply in 195? than a year earlier. Georgia ranked fourth in acreage harvested.
in 1957, seventh in production and ninth in value of the l eading fresh market
vegetables and melons.
ANNUAL SUMMARY OP COMMERCIAL VEGETABLE CROP STATISTICS
19 .?7 WI'ff.I COMP_;A...;.R:..:.;.I~S_O..;;.N..;..~.S-----~---=-----
: Acreage : Yield
Pro- : Price
: Weight
Crop
=Year: Harv-~oted: : Per Acre: du.ction: Per CWT :Value =.P er Unit
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Acres
Cwt.
l, 000 Dol.
1, 000
Cwt.
dol.
Beans, Lima
1957
4, 500
21
for Market
1956
4, 900
20
Beans, Snap
1957
3, 700
20
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Beans, Snap
1957
3, 700
17
1, 400
27
for Market N.Ga. 1956
1, 600
26
~abbage, S. Ga. 19 57
4J 200 110
1956
4, 700 120
94 98 74 63
38 42
1I 462
l/564
0. 20 8. 50 5. CO 8. 30
7. 20 :.1 . 30
1. 35 . 85
771 Bushel 833 (32 lbs.) .
429 Bushel 523 (30 1bs)
274 Bushel 349 (30 lbs)
513 Ton 357 (2000 lbs)
Cabbage N. Ga. 1957
600 100
60 2. 45
14 7 Ton
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700 100
70 2. 15
150 (2000 lbs)
Cantaloups
1957
9, 000
45
405 3. 50 1, 418 Jumbo Crs.
1956
8, 600
48
413 3. 05 1, 260 (83 lbs)
Co-rn-,--S-w--e-e-t -----1~9-5-7------2-,~4-0-0-----3-3---------7-9-----4-.-5-5----~-3-5-9 Crate
-------------~1~9~56_____2~,.-l0_0_~_3_5______7_4______3_.~9-0_____2_89 (4 0 lbs)
Cucumbers for 1957
Mkt. Early
1956
800
34
750
29
27 3. 65 22 4 . 20
99 Bushel 92 (48 lbs)
Cucumbers for 1957
Mkt. Late
1956
400
22
4 .50
30
9 3. 95 14 4. 35
36 Bushel 61 (48 lbs)
Lettuce
1957
19 56 O~n-io-n-s---------~19 57
1956
350
85
4 0 0
(' 13
900 115
700 100
30 1 /3 5
104 70
5.70 4. 55
4 . 25 3. 45
171 Cr.4-6doz. 12 3 (7 0 1b s}
442 Bags 24 2 ( 100 lbs)
Tomatoes
1957
12, 600
39
1956
12,000
40
491 4. 75 2, 332 Bushel 480 7. 00 3,744 (53lbs)
Watermelons
TOTAL ABOVE CROPS 2/
1957 1956
1957 19 56
60,000 57,000
100, cso
97, 600
75
4,500 1.30 5, 8 50 Melon
7 8 1/4,446 1. 10 4, 400 (28 lbs)
1;6, 373
12, 341
1,6, 391
12, 423
a/ Cucumber for pickle, not shown to avoid individual operations; Pimento
pepper for proces sing estimattJS not available. Potatoes, Irish, include d in
Gene ral Crop Sumrnary.
1 I Includes some quantities not marketed and excluded in computing value.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
L. H. HARRIS, JR. Statistical Assistant
DIAGRAM SHOWING ACREAGE AND VALUE DISTRIBUTION OF GEORGIA TRUCK C.ROP,S FOR 1957 -ACREAGE BY CROPS (Pe rcent of Total)
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Athens, G e orgia
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GEORGIA 1957 CROPS v-ALUED AT $3l2, 02S, 000
Va lue of G e orgia crops produc e d in 19 57 is estiinated at $322, 025, 000 or 17 per-
c .:mt b e low the $390, 104,000 v a.lua tion for 1956. Th e d e clin e in value of . $68, 079 , 000 is due largely to the declin e in producti on of cotton, toba cco and p eanuts. Cotton crop was down 18,1, 000 bales or 32 p.3rcc nt. Tobacco production w a s down 36 perc e nt and p eanuts 14 percent. The a cr eag e plante d in cotton Was 260 , 000 l e ss than 1956 and wa s the smallest acr eagl! sinc e e stimat<'!s were st<lrte d in 1866. Tobacco acreage WJ.S down 28 percent or 25, 000 acr e s. The p e c a n crop showe d th e la rg~st d .:3 cline percenta ge wis .:_. of :.:tny crop in production a nd v a lue with 83 and 71 perc e nt, respe ctiv.aly. Yie ld of corn was 26. 0 bushels . p e r acre . This was the high~st of record and the production of 71 million bushels for 1957 sets an all time r e cord for thG Sta te exceodi g the previous record 9f 19 55 by 1 million bushels.
Weather conditions v a ri e d widdy during the crop season. W e t, cool w eather d~r ing the spring months made it difficult to secure good stands of spring planted crops and more replanting w a s n.::cessary tha n usu.:tl. The fr .a que nt r a ins d e - hyed harvesting ope rations of small grains and s0 c d crops and r e duced yizlds in som e areas. The abundnnc e of moistur e during the s;.1mme r months in centr _.l <tnd southe rn parts of the Stat.a w a s v e ry avor...b1.3 for fee d crops a nd p a stur e and r e cord yields w e r e produc e d in the s e arev..s. In northwe ste rn :>.re:l of the Stat\:; d ry w e ath8r r e duc.e d yie lds of most crops~ Fr ;.) que nt h e avy rains during latte r S e pt<: mb -.: r a nd e a rly Octob e r da m a g e d the qua lity of Lmh2. rvest e d cotton and peanat crops a nd r e duced production in most areas.
VA .t....UE COM:f.)A RISONS TEN M OST IMPORTANT CROPS F OR 1957 AND 1956 IN ORDER OJ? 1957 RANK (IN THOUSA ND DOLLA RS)
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R1.nk Crop I
1. C o rn
1957
19 56 ~.!. S o/o : R Z1!1r: Crop
$
$ of 1256:
88,';1 8 5 so ;679 110 : 6. H a y
1957 $
13, 7 50
2. C ottO il & S o c d 70,131 101 , 926 67 :7. Oa ts
8,605
3. P ean uts
50,2.10 6 1, 4 50 82 : 8. ~' ea cb'~ s
6, 510
4. T ob ::\. cco 5. C o m. V e g.
L18,43 5 64.~ 95 75 :9. Wh L-a t
3,511
13,887 13, 2 e 2 105 :10~ Sw ~ d Pot a to -.; s 3,3 4 9
1') 57
19 56 as o/o $ ofl2 S6
14 , 774 9J"' 11,003 78
6,800 96 4,914 71 3,614 93
DISTRIBUTICN CF 1957 CROP V AL UE IN PE RCENT 1\ GE C.iT TOT A L Vid.. UL:-;
Toba cco 15. 0%
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ARCHIE LANGLEY 1\ gricultural Sta tis L c~ an
In Cha rge
GEORGIA SUMMARY OF CROP STATISTICS*- 1957 AND 1956
Yield
Crop
:Ye ar: .A cr ea g e :x"'e r A cre:
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Unit
Unit : P roduction: ? r i c e
A cr <; s
1, QOO
dol.
T otal Value
1, 0 00 dol.
C otton Lint !}
C ott .)ne e ed
1957 570
- - 19 5 6 830
1957 1956
333 334.
Ba le s T ons
395
.314 62, 015
579
'326 94 , 304
16 2 50. 10 G, 11 6 2 3 !:, <~5 . 20 . 10, 6 22
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1.25
80,9 85
Corn, All P urpos e s
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1956
2, 711
Sorghum Grain
19 57
40
1956
L1, Q
24 . 0
65, 064 1. 24 80, 679
21. 0---B- us- h-- e ls---- 31:!:- 0 -- 1- . '1- 5 --- 96~ 6
19. 5
7 80 . 1. 16
90 5
wheat, Ha r~-,-~~-t~-, d-1.9.57 112
16. 5
B u she ls l,""b4 8--1:90--3-, 511
Oa--ts-,--H--a-rv--e-s-t-e-d-----119-955-76-----3-192'01
21.0 28.0
2,520 B ushels 11, 032
1956 4 33
33.0
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P otatoe s,
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1957
-19 5 6
- - P otato e s, Swe e t
1957 1956
5.2 5. 0
14 16
'19
Cwt.
2 54
4 6
2 2 9
4 6 Cwt. 61 4 ~-----------:-
'1: 6
736
Toba cco, All
1957
64 .- 1 1, 295
P ounda 83,026
- -1-95-6 89.1 1, !152
129, 3 '71
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Sorghum Syrup
1957 571
19 56 677
19 57
3
.96 . 90 62
T ons Ga llons
s so 60 8
186
1956
3
70 .
210
1.95
. 78 .77
2.72 4 . 53
5. 20 4 . 91
583 .499 25.00 24 . 30
2. 4 5 2. 30
1,914
8, 605 11,003
' 691 1 ' 0 3 /l
3, 34 9 3,614
48, 4 35
- - 64 , 4 95
13,750 11:, 774
456 4 C3
1957 Su ga r Can e Syrup 1956
"1-
185
5
1<30
Y P eanuts, H a rv~ st e d 1957
for Nuts
19 56
527
925
522 1, 090
<;:owpea s, Hn.,rve sbd 1957
L~ 7-
6. 5
_ _fo r P e as '0
1~~-~_L _ _?. 5_
Ga llons Pounds
7 4:0 900
L}87, ~: 75 568, 980
Bush e ls
306
344
1. 4 5 1. 50
. 103 . 10 8
3 . 70 3: 20
l, 073 1, 350
50, 210 6 1, 4 50
l, 132 1, 10 1
Soybeans, H a rve ste d 19 57 100
for B oans Y
1956
83
Velve t B e ans, A lone 1957 -164
and Int e rpla.nt e d 1956 235
L ~ sp e d .:J z il , lia r-
1957
20
v e ste d for See d - -19-56- --30
Lupine , Harve ste d 1957
15
for Se e d
1956
11
Cri mson Clove r,
1957
19
H a r. for S eed
1956
21
14 .0 13. 5
Bushds
1, -100 1, 120
2. 15 2. 23
3, 010 2, ~98
9 75
To_ns__ _ _ CO 32.00 2, 560
90_0_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _10___3_~ . 00 4 , 02 8
190 180
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3, eOO
5,
<.:: 00 ,
105 1-19
399 805
820
P ound s 12, 300
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597
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3 10 09 0
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4 30 4 '19
135
2, 835
. 270
765
F es cu0 , H a rve:: ste d
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Pe ach ::. s, T ot a l Production
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Pe a rs, Tot2.l ,: Product ion
Peca ns , Total Pro d uction
1957 19 56 19 57 19 56 19 57 19 56
1957 1956
5 . 5 200 5. 0 180
Poun ds B ushels Bushels Poua ds
1, 100
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119
900 2, 100
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1103~5-,...6-,51-2120
1, 600 4 . 25 6, 800
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86 1. 3 5
116
80 10 , 300
l. 45
11 6
oe 4 ~-~-:::-:-
. 299 3,
60 , 000
. 176 10,530
Comme rcia l V eget ::J.bL:s
19 57 19 S6
107. 8 103.9
13, 8C 7 13, 232
TOT A L i l. B OVE
CROPS (e xcl. 1cr e - 1957 5, 520.6
322,02 5
a g \:l s o f p e anut ha y, 1956 5, 9 9 3 .0 fruits a n d p ~ c an s)
390, lO .t~
* , 1957 pr i c e :tnd va lue fi gur e s a r :J pr e li rn i.n <:>,ry. !J C o tton l.int yidd in pound s .
2 / Cove r s only m a tur (;; crops (a cr e <.1g e v.lon0 :lnd inte rpla nt e d) h a rve ste d for p e <l-
nuts, peas and beans.
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.Athens,: Georgia :
U . S. DEPARTMENT CF AGRICULTURE . AGH ICULTUFV\L MARI<ETING SERVICE . 319 EXTENSION BL.DG., Al'ti ~NS, GA. .
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DECErffiER 1957 PIG REPORT .
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..GEORGIA: The .total number or' pigs produced in Georgia during 1957 is 'estimated at
2,590,000 head, only 4,000 head less than the 2,594,000 head produced
in 1956. This i s the first time since 1953 that the total pig crop in Georgia h.as
shawn .a decline from the previous year. Georgia ranked ninth in the United States
in the number of pigs produced in 1957 and produced the largest nuntber of pigs .fo.r
any state .:outside of the Co~n Belt.
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During the current year the spring pig crop at 1,442,000 head was the same as the. .
spring crop a ye ar ag o~ The fall crop, however, droppe d 4,000 head to l,lh8,oo0'.
The declli1e in the fall pig crop was due to a smaller average size litter ~s the
.number of sows farrowing showed an increase of 2,000 he ad, 'I'otal number farrow~
_;ing s during the year i s estimated to be 386,000 'compared with 384,000 in 1956.
Aclmo~led~ement-is -;-d-;tothe- Postm~sters~-Rural-an~St~; Rou~~~:rr~~ ]
ers over the State for their assistance in coll ecting the basic infor-
mation from which these estimate s were made. The splendid coov1eration
shown by .several thousand of the ir patrons who furnished reports for . J
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SOWS FARROWING , PIGC. PER LITTER, .1\ ND Pir' :::. SAVJ:D, SPRI~G AND FALL, ~I
GEORGIA. 1946 - 1958
Sows Farrowing
Spring
:r' all
Sp r i n g
igs Sayee! F al l
Year
+946 1947 i948 .
1949 1950 1951 1952 '
1953
1954 1955 1956
1957 1958
1,000 head
195 187 170 182 J.98. 20 8 220 .
178 194 200 212 212 ~/ 229
1,000 head
182 173 163 173 1 90 205
172
138 159 165 172 174
Number
5.8 5.;9 5. 9 6 .1 6.) 6,1 6.3
6.5
6.7
6.5
6.8 6. 8
Number
6 .0 6.0 6 .1 6.1 6 .1 6.3 6 .2 6.6
6.5
6.7
6 .7 6 .6
1,000 head
1,131 1,103 1, 003 1,110 _ 1 , 247.' . 1, 269 ' 1, 386 . . 1,157 1,300 1, 300 '
1,4L~2
l, hh2
1,000 head
... 1,092
1,038
.994 1, 055 1,159 1,292 1, 066
911
1,034 1,106 1,152 1,148
1, 000 head
2,223 2,141 . 1, 99 7 , 2,165. 2,406 . 2,561 2,452 2,068 2, 33L~ 2,406 2,594
.. 2'' 590 .
!/1/ Spring , December: th~ough Nay; Fall, ,Tune through November. Spring farrowing indicated from breedine intentions reports.
SEE HEVERSE SIDE FOH UNI TED STATES REPORT .
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r~gricu1tural Statistician In Charge
V.JILLIAi.-I E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician
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UNITED STATES: The l957 'pig crop totaled 89.7 million head, only slightly larger
'than t he 1956 crop of 89 . 6 million he 2d. The spring pig crop at
52~6 million head was down 1 percent, but the fall crop at 37.1 million he.ad w.as 2
percent larger than last year. This :Lnyrease in the fall crop resulted f rom a 1
percent increase in the number of sows farrowed and a corresponding increase in the
pi gs saved per litter. The number of pigs saved per litter at 7.06 was the :highe st
qn record for the fall crop.
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For the 1'958 spring pig crop, reports on breeding intentions indicate a total of . 7, 801,000 scrvrs to farrow, 6 percent above the- number farrowing last spring . If the ihtentions for spring farrowings materialize, and the number of. pigs saved per ~itte J equals the 10-year average with an allowance for upward trend, the 1958 spring pig crop would be 56.0 million hea.d. A crop of this size would be 6 percent above. last spring:
The humber of pigs saved in the 1957 fall season (June through November) is estimated at 37,094,000 head. This is 708,000 head or 2 percent larger than the l956 .fall crop and 7 percent above the 1946-55 average. Fall pig numbers were above last year in all regions except the North Atlantic, ~outh Atlantic and South Central States.
The number of sows farrowing in the fall of 1957 is estimated at 5,255,ooo head, 1 percent more than in the fall of 1956 and only slightly more than the 10-year average. The percentage increase in 1957 fall farrowings from 1956 was 1 percent less than indicated by farmers' reports last June l.
The 7.06 pigs saved per litter compare s with 7. 00 in 1956 which was the previous higl f9r the fall crop. This continues the upward trend in litter size which has resulte f;rom the specialization of hog production and imprbved management practices. Weathe1 cpnditions were generally favorable for farrowings during the fall season. Gom- . pared with a year earlier, the monthly distribution of farrowings in the 1957 fall season shows a larger percentage of litters in June and July and smaller percentage s in August, beptember, October, and November.
Tpe number of hogs over 6 months old (induding sows') on farms December l this y(?ar was reported about 3 percent below the number on farms December 1 last year. T~e : f~rrowing pattern for t he 1957 spring pig crop was not much different from the spring of 1956 when farrowings were the earliest of record. Total conwercial hog slaughter from August through October was down 2 percent, while Federally inspected slaughter for November was down 16 percent. Marketings during tho first half of December were below a year earlier.
SOWS FARROWING , PIGS PJ<~R. LITTER, AND PIGS .SAVF:D, SPRING AND FALL, "J:_/ UNITED STA1~S 1946 - 58
Year
1946 1947 1~48 1949 19$0 1951 1952 1~53 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958
Sows Farrowing .Spring Fall
,ooo i,ooo head head
8,077 8,548 7,833 8,820
9,179 9,484 8,311
7,045 7,669 8,359 7, 665 7,385 ~/ 7,801
4,704 4,866 5,070 5,568
5,927 5,955 5,067
L~,479
5,014 5 , 5 86 5,191+
5,255
Pi 0rr s B er Litter Spring Fall
Number Number
6.46 6.11
6.44 6.lj.6
6.31 6.46
6.6L~
6.80
6.89 6.90 6 .94 7.12
1.1 7.15
6.49 6.39 6.58 6.52 6.65 6 . 60
6.65 6.69 6.78 6.81 7.00 7.06
Spring 1 ooo
h' e a d
52,191 . 52,199 50,468 56,969 .
57,958 61,298 55,135 47,940 52.852 57,690 53,186 52,591 56,000
l)i gs [:'.aved
F'all
' 1,0~
head
.Year
1,000 head
30,503 31,090
33,358 36,275
.39,423 39,288
3.3,694 29,974 33,978 38,029 36,386
37,094
82,694 83.289 83.826
9.3;244 97,381 100,586 88,829
77,914 86.830
95,719 89,572 89,685
1/ Spring, December through May; fall, June through Nover.mer.
2/ Spring farrowing indicated from breeding intentions reports.
3/ Average number of pigs per litter wj_th allowance for trend used to compute
- indicated number of spring pigs; number rounded to nearest 500,000 head.
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AGRICUL.TURAL. EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEO~'tGIA A ND THE STAT E DEPARTMEN1 OF AGrHCUL.TURE
Athens, Georgia
UNIVERSITY OF GIORGIA
JAN 3 '58
LIBRA R:k:S
BROILER CHICK RhP R'P-i'~
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICU !..TURAL. MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BL.DG., ATHENS, GA.
December 26, 1957
CQI\'lrJl-;RCIAL AREAS
During the week ending December 21 commercial hatcherie s placed 5,094,000 chicks with the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 5,076,000 placed the previous week and is 10 per cent more than the 4,610,000 placed the same week last year.
bggs set by local hat cherie s amounted to 6,718,000 compared with 6,708,000 the pr evious we ek and is 7 per cent more than the 6,304,000 for the corresponding week last year.
Hatcheries r eported prices paid for hatching egg s during the week at an aver age of 75 cents per doz en. Averag e price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was r eported at ~13.00 per hundred. These !)rices compare with 75 cents and 12.75 last we ek and with 64 cents and r:ill.OO one year ago. Egg prices shown r elate to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise .
Weighted average prices f rom the F e dera l-~tate Market News 5ervice for broilers during the week ending De cember 21 are as follows: North Georgia broil6r s 2 3/4 3 l/2 pounds, at farmc 15. 04; F'OB plants 16 . 00.
(~ee reverse side for other states)
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Wee k 1nding
GEORGI A CHICl\ PLACEJI'lEN'r BY 'W"EEKS
PERIOD OCTOBER 19 TiffiOUGH DECErffiER 21, 1957
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Egg s
Chicks Hatched ~~-shipme nts
..5et
1956 1957
?l aced in Georgia
of Chicks
1956 : 1957
1956 : 1957
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Total Placed
. on Farms
1956 1957
Thousands
Oct. 19
Oct . 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 9 Nov. 16
Nov. 23 Nov. .30 Dec. '7 Dec. 14
Dec . 2l
5,949 6,109
5,963 6, 060
6,164
6,179 6,138 5,010
5,909 6,304
6, 356 6,274 6,261
6,223 6,512
6,5.39
6,371 6,240 6,708 6,718
4,032 4 , 1 34 4,051 4,026 4,146 4,123 4,128 4,157 4,105 4,140
4,482
4,339 4,340
4,1~22
4,378 4,473 4,483 4,543 4,596 4;596
518
445
546
501
469
542
374
669
404
545
447
482
432
510
438
493
455
480
470
498
lf 1xclusive of hatchings shipped into state s outside of Georgia.
4,550 4,680 1.+, 520 4,400
4,550 4,570 4,560
4,595 4,560 4,610
4,927 4,846 4,882 5,091
4,923 4,955 4,993 5,036 5,076 5,094
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Agricultural ~tatistician
JIRCHTI~ LAI\TGLEY tgricultural Statistician In Charg e
EGGS SET AND C:HICKS PLACED I N cr .:~--:; ->.:; I : :t ~ . ; '( . ET:~ 1957
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8 75 793 1 33 484 1, 8 47
762 794 149 451 1,705
886 78 4
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446 1,671
751 805 124 550 1, 724
701 894 1 30 s 2c 1 745
754 913 121 555 1, 895
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1, 145
326
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4 67
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447
354
329
412
359
2, 215
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1, 930
1, 89 1
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620
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398
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266
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1, 99 3
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